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Ancient Greece Foldable Notes

Ancient Greece Foldable Notes. G. Athens and Sparta With a partner: How do you think these two city states are going to differ geographically?. Athens. Sparta. Central Greece 4 miles from Aegean Sea Travelers! Enjoy spreading ideas, art, knowledge Naval power & strong influence

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Ancient Greece Foldable Notes

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  1. Ancient GreeceFoldable Notes

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  3. Athens and Sparta With a partner: How do you think these two city states are going to differ geographically?

  4. Athens Sparta • Central Greece • 4 miles from Aegean Sea • Travelers! • Enjoy spreading ideas, art, knowledge • Naval power & strong influence • to other City States • Isolated • Harbor 25 miles away - surrounded by mountains! • Not friendly to outsiders • Better soil for agriculture • Being a soldier is VERY important

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  6. Sparta Athens • Patron Goddess: Athena • Goddess of Wisdom, Justice, Courage • Worshipped same Gods as Spartans • Patron Goddess: Artemis • Goddess of Wilderness, Hunt, Fertility • Worshipped same Gods as Athenians Zeus – King of Gods Poseidon – God of the Sea

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  8. Greek Architecture • Acropolis:a highly elevated plateau in Athens • A complex center for politics, commerce, culture • Parthenon: the most famous temple on the Acropolis, built in honor of Athena • Project initiated by Pericles

  9. ACRO = Extreme, Edge, Height, Summit POLIS = City-State, City, Citadel The Acropolis is not one building or temple, but rather a collection of Athens’ community structures atop a high plateau.

  10. The Acropolis sits atop the city of Athens

  11. The Agora today

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  13. Athens Sparta • Democracy since 500 BCE • Free men over age 18 can be citizens • No women, no slaves can be citizens • What rights could the Citizens enjoy? • Agora • Vote • Hold office • Own property • Defend themselves in court

  14. Sparta Athens • Oligarchy – decisions made by the few and the powerful • Council of Elders- all important decisions made within • Must be 60 years old • 2 kings, 28 men • Assembly: met outside of city because it was so large  but had little power • Only could vote “yes” or “no” to Council’s laws • Council of 500:Five hundred citizens of Athens selected to run the city’s daily functions • Proposed new laws • Assembly: ideas for new laws went to a much larger group, who met every 10 days.

  15. Pericles (seated) reviews plans for the Parthenon, under construction in the background.

  16. Sparta Athens • Oligarchy – decisions made by the few and the powerful • Council of Elders- all important decisions made within • Must be 60 years old • 2 kings, 28 men • Assembly: met outside of city because it was so large  but had little power • Only could vote “yes” or “no” to Council’s laws • Pericles: a great leader who developed Athens’ culture, democracy and power during the Golden Age. • Loved creativity, music, the arts, drama • Rebuilt the city • Supported democracy and reforms to allow its growth

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  18. Economy: the way a community or region organizes the manufacture and exchange of money, food, products, and services to meet people’s needs.

  19. Athens Sparta • Trade with foreign lands and other city-states  buying and selling in the agora • Coins  easier for trade • A center for politics, commerce, socialization • Got necessary goods from: • Farming • Conquering Others • Slaves/Noncitizens • Little trade • Generally discouraged trade and the transfer of new ideas

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  21. Athens Sparta • Education: • Boys begin military training at age 7 • Girls may also learn military techniques • Society Structure: • + Women – generally freer than Athenian women because men were almost always at war • + Non-Citizens – free, but not Spartan • - No government, but military is OK • + Helots – slaves which provided for the city-state • Education: • Boys go to school to learn reading, writing, math • Girls stay at home to learn to run the house • Society Society Structure: • + Women – could not inherit or own property; could not attend Assembly • +Slaves– • Most Athenians owed a slave • Captives of war, or born into it

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