Athens
What government systems did Athens use?
Democracy
Describe Spartan civilization
military culture, bravery, toughness
Who was the Peloponnesian war between?
Athens and Sparta
What is philosophy
the study of knowledge and the world around us. Philo = love, soph = wisdom
Homer wrote many of these, such as the Odyssey.
Epic poems
How was Athenian democracy limited?
Only land-owning males having two parents from Athens could be citizens; other males, women, immigrants, and enslaved people could not be citizens
What did Spartan education focus on?
Who was the leader of Athens throughout the Peloponnesian war?
Pericles
Name three philosophers we learned about.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
A government system where everyone gets to vote for what they want
Democracy
The place where people in ancient Athens voted.
The Assembly
They were rivals
What happened to Athens when they decided to invade Sicilly
The were swiftly defeated, and most of the army was enslaved and forced to work in prison camps. This made them very weak to Sparta.
Who wrote down Socrates's ideas?
Plato
A group that works together to achieve common goals (like protect the Aegean sea from the Persians)
League
How did Ancient Athenians get rid of people they thought were a danger to the city-state
Were the Athenians and Spartans ever on the same side?
Yes, during the Persian war
Who was Alexander the Great?
A conquerer from Macedonia who created an empire that stretched from Greece to Egypt to India.
What were two of Plato's defining ideas?
1. Idealism -- people can and should be perfect
2. Democracy was not the best form of government.
A government system where a small group of rich and powerful people have complete control
Oligarchy
What did Athenian education focus on?
reading and writing, logic, rhetoric, physical education
Describe the Delian League
An allyship of city-states around the Aegean Sea, formed to protect Greece after the Persian War.
What were two of Aristotle's defining ideas?
1. The scientific method
2. the Golden mean -- people shouldn't be perfect or evil.
A government system with one dictator making all the decisions
Tyranny