Ancient Greece

Geographical impact

Small islands and isolation- small city states and trade

Athens

Gov: democracy direct

Military: strong navy

Artificial beauty

Trade

Arts

Sparta

Gov: monarchy 2 kings

Military: military like society - land army

No cosmetics

Women train for mothers and soldiers

No trade or travel

Authoritarian

One leader

Democracy

For the people by the people

Oligarchy

Small group with $ runs

Persian war

Persia vs Greek

Persia conquered colonies in Ionia- colonies rebel

Delian league formed against Persia

Battle at marathon

2:1 persia

Greeks won under Themistocles

Pheidippides carried message back

Boosted Greek morale

Battle at Thermopylae

Xerxes send large force to conquer Greece

Greece holds out but Persian victory

Battle of salamis

Naval battle in straight

Xerxes unable to recover

Ended Persian threat

Unity for Greece

Effects of Persian war

Athens dominance

Golden age Athens - Pericles

Increased Athens vs Sparta

Pericles

Elected statesmen - democracy&arts

Rebuild acropolis

Peace and Prosperity

Peloponnesian

Increased rivalry after Persian war

Plague

Sparta won and end athen greatness

Macedonia rise to power was

Philip Macedonia

Ally with city states to take over all of Greece

Alexander the Great

Empire - Persia, Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt, India

Tutored by Aristotle

Cultural diffusion- Hellenistic

Advances for women

Socrates

Socratic method - learning by asking

But on trial for corruption of youth and killed

Plato

Gov run by philosophers

academy

the republic

Taught by Socrates

Aristotle

One good strong leader

logic

Taught by Plato

Homer

Blind poet

Sophocles

Tragedies

Aristophanes

Comedies

Herodotus

Father of history

Thuycides

Myth - real facts

solon

opened high office to more citizens - assembly more power

pisitratus

gave farmers land - took nobles land - gave jobs to poor

cleistrenes

council of 500 - broadened citizen role in gov

aeschylus

famous play writer - father of tragedy

lycurgus

spartan lawgiver - invented military society

aristocracy

small rich group governs

acropolis

highest point of city state

realism

greek art - natural poses

hellenic

greek culture

hellenistic

greek, persian, egyptian, indian culture - alexander the great