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Ancient Greece (SOL 5)

Mediterranean Sea

Asia Minor

Sparta

Troy

Aegean Sea

Ionian Sea

Macedonia

Peloponnesus

Athens

Black Sea

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Black Sea
Macedonia
Troy

Aegean Sea

Ionian Sea
Athens
Peloponnesus
Sparta

Mediterranean Sea

Asia Minor

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Greek-City States

Mountainous, non-arable land

1. City-states (polis) - isolated w/

dis8nct cultures that promoted civic
and commercial life
2. Colonies - in search for arable
land and overpopula8on
3. Coins (moved from
a Barter Economy)
4. Commerce - trading with
surrounding areas and the spread of
Hellenic (Greek) culture

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Greek Mythology
Polytheis*c religion - explained life events and
human condi3on
Zeus: King of the Gods,
Married to Hera
Apollo: God of Medicine
Aphrodite: Goddess of
Love
Athena: Goddess of
Wisdom

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Athens | First Democracy in the World

Monarchy
(King)

Aristocracy
(Elite Rule)

Tyranny
(Dictator)

Draco
Codified
Athenian Law

Solon
"So long to
debt slavery"

Origin of Democratic Principles:

Direct democracy, public debate,
and duties of the citizen

Direct
Democracy

Only free male

citizens could
vote.
Not females,
Slaves,
Foreigners

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Sparta | Strongest Military Power in Greece

Oligarchy: Rule by
a Small Group

Rigid social
structure

2 Kings Enforced
the Laws

Aggressive
Society

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Persian Wars
Sparta and Athens
join together to
defeat Persia!
BaDle of Marathon:
Athens Wins!
BaDle of Salamis:
Athens Wins!
Athens preserved its independence and
continued innovations in government and culture.

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Golden Age of Pericles

Pericles had Athens

rebuilt after destruction
in the Persian Wars

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Peloponnesian War
SPARTA

ATHENS

Oligarchy

Direct Democracy

Focus on Military Power

Focus on Art and Culture

Created Peloponnesian League

Created the Delian Leage

Peloponnesian War
Sparta Wins!
As a result, Athens lost its power, wealth, and
influence.

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Pythagoras
Aristotle
Herodotus

Contributions to Western Civilization

Aeschylus Euclid Phidias Socrates
Archimedes
Sophocles
Homer

Math

Sculpture

Poetry

Drama

History

Plato
Thucydides
Hippocrates

Philosophy

Science

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Archimedes

Pythagoras

Euclid

Hippocrates

Mathematician
who discovered the
areas/volumes of
spheres and
cylinders

Created the
Pythagorean
Theorem

Father of
Geometry

Father of Medicine

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Contributions of Greek Culture

to Western Civilization

Name that column!

Doric
Ionic

Corinthian

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Phillip II of Macedonia conquers Greece!

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Alexander the Great

Empire stretched from Greece to the Indus River
Spread Hellenistic Culture - Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian