Monday: New forum post leaders and stories, continued notes on ancient Greece
- Greece is surrounded by the Mediterranean sea, Ionian sea, Aegean sea
- The rest of Greece is made up by islands
- Greece flourished because of the seas surrounding them, they lived off it, it provided them with everything
- very mountainous region, 3/5 mountainous regions
- The Greeks were into trading
- Did not have much fertile land
- The population was not very large compared to other civilizations
- City-state based areas, cities ruled by rulers, no one ruler ruled over Greece
- The lowest temperatures are around 50 degrees, very tropical and warm climate
Tuesday: Continued discussion and note taking on Ancient Greece
- Greece was originally based of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations
- The Minoans were known for their advanced cities and peaceful ways
- many archaeologists and historians believe that Atlantis was the Minoan empire
- Their empire was ended abruptly
- The Mycenaean were pirates
- War based empire and people
- Dorian's took the Greeks into the Dark Ages
- The Dorian people came from the north
- The Trojan war considered a war based in the city-state of troy
- Troy was located in modern day Turkey
- Started because the kings brothers wife was taken and they fought to get her back
Wednesday: Continued Notes on ancient Greece and chatted about extra credit opportunities a little bit
- Polis - means city
- Acropolis - a raised temple were meetings of politics and religious events would occur
- if attacked they would retreat to the acropolis for defense and safety
- Types of Governments
- Monarchy - King and Queens rule
- Aristocracy - Noblemen and wealthy rule
- Oligarchy - A small group of powerful people rule
- Tyrant - Ruler or Dictator who absolutely rules and does whatever he wants; seize control from the government
- Democracy - When the people Rule
- Militray -state - Ruled by the military
- Direct Democracy - Straight from the people
- Athens was the first democracy
- Only sons of wealthy families were allowed to attend school
- started at age 7
- Studied: reading, grammar, poetry, history, math, music, logic, and public speaking
- Sparta was more militaristic than Athens
- Spartans were military state very powerful people who had their own army
- Spartans valued war
- Athens valued Knowledge
Thursday: Work day for our Greek Mythology projects
Friday: Work day for our Greek Mythology Projects
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