Ancient Greece

Topic: Greeces influence on western

Civilizations
Essential Question: Draw connections
between the political and social
advancement in Greece and Western
civilization.

Vocabulary

Polis
Tyrant
Democracy
Direct Democracy
City-State
Oligarchy
Philosophy

Greece
Characteristics:
1. Located near the Mediterranean Sea
2. Consisted of numerous city-states.
Q: What is a city-state?
Greek villages started to band together, in part for
protection and in part for more organized trade. They
wanted strong trading centers. Groups of villages that
banded together were called city-states. There were
hundreds of city-states in ancient Greece, some really
small ones and some really big ones with large
populations.

Map of Ancient Greek CityStates

Greece City-States
1. Most notable city states:
Athens
Sparta
Cornith
Megara
Argos
* Athens and Sparta are the most
mentioned city-states.

Greece Continued
Although each city-state had its own form of
government and its own army, and even
sometimes its own navy
They all spoke the same language; they all
believed in the same gods; they all worshiped in
the same way; they all thought of themselves as
Greeks. But they were loyal to their city-state.
Example, if you were from Athens, you referred to
yourself as an Athenian.
The city-states banded together to fight outsiders.
They also banded together to fight each other.

Greek City-State
2. Center of life was the agoraopen space for
business, gatherings - political discussions,
festivals, athletic contests - statues,
temples, public buildings Many cities had a
fortified hilltopacropolis, or highest city used for military at first, but later had
temples, palaces.
3. Only priest and priestesses were able to visit
the Acropolis and they would leave offering
for the Gods that citizens had donated

Acropolis Museum

City Planning

Agora

Acropolis

Forms of Government

Monarchy(Aristocracy)
Oligarchy
Democracy
Direct and Indirect Democracy
Concept of Citizenship

Ancient Political
Philosophers
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle

What were their central political

views ?

Governmen Athens was a democracy

has to be 6,000 citizens at each assembly
t

Men over 18= citizen. But had to be born in the citystate.

Each citizen took part in the Assembly (debated and
voted on laws)
Council of 500 ran daily life

Economy

Education

Women &
Slaves

There was a market called the agora

Was based on trading
Developed coins as $
Spread ideas through travel and trade
Strong relationships with other city states

run by the council of elders (2 kings and 28

men)
Assembly only had power to vote (male
citizens)
Sparta was ruled by an Oligarchy(#3.pg-?)
run by the Council of Elders were men that
had to be 60 years old and from a noble
family

relied on farming and conquering

other people
turned neighbors into slaves called
helots
not much trade
farmed or took land by force
The boys were more educated then the girls
Boys were sent to militaryschoolat
boys were taught many things such as math, writing, reading, and age 7.
physical education
Spartans learned how to read and
boys train for military at 18
write but they didn't consider it
studied reading, writing, poetry, and music
important
learned
domestic
skills
girls
reading and writing not important
boys and girls taught to fight at the
age of 7
purpose= good soldiers
The women in Sparta were the freest in
only men were considered citizens in Athens.
women could not inherit or own pottery and/or land all ofGreece
Women in Sparta were expected to
for farming.
women were taught at home and didn't really learn exercise and stay in shape.
Slaves in Sparta were treatedvery
how to read and write but they were taught to do
harshly because the spartans thought
house hold work like cleaning, taking care of the men,
they would revolt.
and sewing.
women lived the same simple life as
women- few rights, worked in the home. they could
Spartan men
not own property
women- many rights such as owning
slaves- variety of jobs (mines, craftsmen, farmers,
property, speak in public

Comparison of Sparta and

Athens