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Ancient Greece

Page history last edited by Shawn P. 14 years ago

 (added by dalia:)!) 

also did greece

Summary

Democracy was important, woman had no rights in politcal participations. there were different types of religions: Greco- Roman, Christianity, and Mystery religion. greek literature started the famous tales, the Iliad and Odyssey. Greek artists did very well in ceramic work and sculpturing. the greeks specialized in science. The romans were identical with the greeks with their religion, politics, and also their economics. Everything lead to a larger civilization.

 

Famous people:

Aristotle: -born in 384 B.C.E

               - srudied under Plato

               - three headings of his work: dialogues, facts, and systematic works

               - died in 322 B.C.E

 

Alexander the Great

               - born in macedonia in 356 B.C.E

               - he was a pupil of aristotle

               - 20 years old when king of macedonia

               - one of greatest generals in history

               - conquered most of civilized world

               - died of malaria on june 13, 323 B.C.E

 

Plato

               - born in athens in 427B.C

               - life was dedicated to teaching and running his school

               - succeeded at the head of the academy 

               - died in 347 B.C

               - wrote down all of Socrates dialogues

 

Socrates

               - born in 469 B.C.E

               - used to be a soldier

               - full attention to the practice of philosophical dialogue

               - never wrote anything just talked

               - famous for the Socratic Method

               - died in 399 B.C.E

 

Pythagoras

               - born in 575 B.C.E.

               - philospher, scientist, and religious teacher

               - established many influential mathematical and philosophical theories

               - religious teachings were based on the teaching of metempsychosis

               - led to the theory that the number ten, the sum of the first four integers, embraced the whole nature of number.

               - died in 495 B.C.E

 

(note- all B.C.E)

1700: indo- european invasions of greek peninsula

800-600: ruse of Greek city- states; athens and sparta became dominant

338-323: macedonian empire, alexander the great

1400: early kingdom in southern greece developed

500-499: Sparta and Athens defeated a huge persian invasion

431-404: athens and sparta wanted control of greece during the Peloponnesian war

600: early greek poets included a woman author, Sapho

470-430: athens at its height

431-404: Peloponnesian wars

359-336: Phillip ll of Macedonia

700: flowering Greek Architecture

 

 

The government system that the Greeks believed in was democracy. The government mainly focused on military forces and systems of law courts. Pericles was a big part of the political structure. Pericles was an aristocrat; many aristocrats had power in Greece.

 

Key figures in Greece were the twelve gods. Greeks would worship and tell stories about the gods. When humans would die they would go to Hades. They didn’t have a “heaven or hell” system; once you died you would just spend eternity in the underworld. The gods play a huge role in government because the Greeks believed they controlled everything (i.e. health, weather, food). 

 

 Most Greeks were farmers. They mainly relied on agriculture for their food. They would trade items instead of using a money system. Women had vital roles in agriculture and family, they were still considered to be inferior.

 

The thinkers of Greece were the aristocrats and the philosophers. Men who wanted to learn would get their knowledge from the existing aristocrats and philosophers. The Greeks would express themselves through poetry and other arts. Sculpture and architecture was very big. They would build great columns like the Corinthian. The soil in Greece wasn’t difficult to work with, that meant it was easy to get their food.

 

 

 

 

The Twelve Gods

1. Zeus- Lord of the sky

2. Poseidon- God of the sea

3. Hera- Goddess of marriage

4. Hades- Ruler of the underworld

5. Aphrodite- Goddess of beauty and love

6. Phoebus Apollo- God of light and truth

7. Artemis- Protects the young, Goddess of the hunt

8. Athena- Goddess of the city

9. Hermes- Messenger of the gods, graceful and swift

10. Ares- God of war

11. Hephaestus- God of fire

12. Hestia- Takes care of the god’s home

 

(Janessa)

 

More Ancient Greece Pictures (:

(Added by: Mindy Sue Hiller)

 

 

 

 

Ancient Greek religion

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kkXrUevBY    2:00   (josh maury)

 

Geography (Shawn P.)

 

     Located in southern Europe, Greece forms an irregular-shaped peninsula in the Mediterranean with two additional large peninsulas projecting from it: the Chalcidice and the Peloponnese. The Greek islands are generally subdivided into two groups, according to location: the Ionian islands west of the mainland and the Aegean islands to the east and south. North-central Greece, Epirus, and western Macedonia are all mountainous. The main chain of the Pindus Mountains extends from northwest Greece to the Peloponnese. Mount Olympus, rising to 9,570 ft, is the highest point in the country. Becuase of the mountainous nature of the peninsula on which greece is sitting on, there is only about 9% of usable land for farming. This leads to the need for more imports and thus, leads to Greecian trade in the Mediterranean.

 

 

 

 

Comments (5)

Monica A. said

at 6:04 pm on Apr 6, 2010

I found Ancient Greece very interesting!!! I read a book about the Spartans, so here are some specifics I found interesting! Also a brief compare and contrast of Athens and Sparta.

In Ancient Greece, the 2 most powerful main city states were Athens and Sparta. They had very different cultural and political systems. In Athens, they went through different forms of government. They went from Solon (set laws that would be written and revised), Cleisthenes (an aristocrat who placed himself in control), an early form of democracy, and the counsil of 500. Sparta focused less on government and much more on their military power. Spartans put great emphasis on physical fitness. At the age of 7, Spartan boys would be put in the military. The fact that most of the men were busy in the military led to the Women in Sparta having a lot more power than those in Athens or any other city state in Greece. The women were physically fit and ran the household if their men died in battle. The women in Sparta were also a lot more respected because they were the bearers of the great warriors that would defend Sparta.

Tim Bacani said

at 4:37 pm on Apr 11, 2010

i can see how the Romans borrowed heavily on the Greeks from their architecture to their religion.

Jonah, Y said

at 3:00 am on Apr 26, 2010

Was Greece the only ancient civilization that practiced democracy? Was there other civilizations that did?

Abegail M. said

at 7:47 pm on May 3, 2010

Through the years of all my history classes I have heard some conflicting information about the whole Spartan vs Athens. One thing to make clear is that while Athens did have a type of democracy it did not nessasary make it a free-er place. There were so many requirements to be able to vote that there was not much diverse thought among them. You had to be a male, rich, and Greek.

Avery said

at 8:52 pm on May 3, 2010

How was the society affected by the climate of Greece?

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