Geography
Two powerful city-states in Ancient Greece
Sparta and Athens
Wrote the first laws in Athens
Draco
This type of wealth determined social status in Greece.
Agricultural Wealth
This city-state was a center for wealth and trade
Athens
It started as an athletic festival to honor Zeus
Olympics
What landforms limited communication between Ancient Greeks, which fostered the growth of independent city-states.
Mountains
He began to lead Athens toward more democratic reforms. He pushed for equality for the rich and poor in government decisions.
Pericles
was the god of thunder and lightning and was the king of all gods.
Zeus
This was referred to as liquid gold
Olive oil
He broke new ground in the study of zoology and botany
Aristotle
Three seas that border Greece
Ionian Aegean and Mediterranean
This city-state became a center for wealth and trade.
They shared stories of gods and Goddesses and passed them on from generation to generation. Myths explained how the actions of gods and Goddesses affected daily lives and how things came to be in nature and in human life.
Mythology
helped farmers produce more food, which was needed for the growing population.
Iron Tools
a Greek doctor who introduced the concept that illnesses had natural causes, as opposed to being punishment by the gods.
Hippocrates
The amount of soil good for agriculuture
20%
Solon freed those who had sold themselves into slavery. He laid the foundation for the democratic system based on wealth, not birth. He created an assembly of wealthy land owners who made decisions by majority rule,
Solon
Greeks worshipped many gods
Polytheism
What were traded along the Mediterranean Sea
Olive Oil and novelties
This creation allowed them to record business and trade, codes of law, and government
taxes.
The alphabet
Two reasons Ancients Greeks settled by the coasts:
Food, travel routes, and communication
Sparta was ruled by (small group of rulers), made up of thirty elders over sixty years old.
Oligarchy
In Athens, what was the breakdown of the social class ? (What percent of people were slaves, male citizens families of male citizens and non citizens)
Slaves 36%
Male Citizens 19%
Families of male citizens 33%
Non-citizens 12%
List four factors important to Ancient Greece economy
Farming fishing sailing and trade
Two exceptional Greek tragedies both set in the
Trojan War.
Iliad and Odyssey written by Homer