Weekly Blogs 10/22-10/26

MONDAY - no school

TUESDAY - work on projects athens vs sparta

WEDNESDAY- present presentations  athens vs sparta

Athens -

europe, asia, africa (literature/potery/drama/schools)

direct democracy 

large cities

money making (silver, lead, marble)

greece

peninsula

protected by mountains

underground  rivers

hot and dry summers and mild winter -rarely slow

beaches are close to the city

forest

wealthy had control

big juries 

drawings for who was in government

everyone got to vote 

read, play instruments, own slaves 

can't own land, vote, chose their spouse, sell/own anything of value

main role - stay home, keep pretty, bear children, keep the house together

husband - lock her up, wasn't behaving

only seen at - relgious events, weddings, furneral

gave birth at home (no midwife)

high mortaltiy rate (dead)

infanticide - father could decide if they wanted to keep it or not

unwanted or deformed newborns left out in a pot (natural death) dehydration

divorce - difficult but not possible 

land - was turned over to husband (if divorce)

lose all rights to children (if divorce)

prosititues, poor women, slaves,

 Boys (art of war and peace)

Children public or private schools, read, memorize

wrestling, boxing, running, singing 

THURSDAY-

 -mid month, month was full (festival)

-music, poetry, sports

-festivals

-theatres

-olympics (776 BCE) Did it for Zeus every 4 years. started as spirnt, then javelin, discus, long jump, chariot racing

-pottery

-shield/sword/thrusting spear

-armour/greaves/skirt

-Navy - strongest naval power/naval warefare

-Trireme - very fast ship, oars controlled by 170 men, ram into ships, front was covered in bronze plates

-Army - rainked by wealth, armour was expensive

-Training - not professional soldiers, started at age 18, didn't belong what social class, 2 years of military training

Peloponnesian War - sparta attacked, athens tried to take over all of Greece, divided the war into 3 phases

1st phase - Archidamin War

2nd phase - Peace of Nicias the Silician Expedition 

3rd phase - Ionian War

FRIDAY- discussed black face 

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