PPT-Greek City States

Polis Expansion Sparta Athens Polis Citizens who have Rights most males 10 asty chora polis Asty is the Greek word for the city proper the core of the polis Chora . Athens, Sparta and All Those Caught Between Them. A Polis. Mainland Ancient Greece eventually became controlled by several small . city-state. s; called a . polis. in ancient Greek.. These city-states were countries onto themselves.. Poli. Ancient . Greece. Ancient Greece was not a unified nation, but a collection of city-states known as . poli. . . Poli. is the plural of polis. Polis is often translated as city, but there was a very important difference between an ancient Greek polis and a modern city. The ancient Greeks saw themselves as citizens of their . POLIS: THE CENTER OF GREEK LIFE. Organization of the City -State. Acropolis: . Usually at the top of the hill; Often was fortified. . Public Temples and buildings were often found on the Acropolis.. City-States. The growth of city states in Greece lead to the development of several political systems, including democracy.. Geography Review. By 750 BCE the Greek city-state, or . polis. , is the formal government.. . Do Now: Write a response to the . . . following question, . “What does the dialogue tell you about . Ancient Greek civilization?”. Person A: “I am Greek, but I am also Spartan!”. Zoroastrianism. Based on the teachings of Zarathustra. Proclaimed that visions revealed to him by the supreme god, whom he called Ahura Mazda (“wise lord”). Influence of Zoroastrian religion can be found in Judaism and Christianity, for example, the concept of good and evil. 9.1. Greece: Physical. Greece is a land of rugged mountains, rocky coastlines, and beautiful islands. The trees you see are olive trees. Olives were grown by the early Greeks for food and oil. . 546 BC. , these came . under Persian control. . Some fifty years later, in . 499 BC. they rebelled against Persian authority, and started. the Persian Wars . The Persian Wars. The Initial Rebellion. Theatre Performances in Ancient Greece. Performed over several days as part of a religious festival honoring . Dionysus. Dionysus. (Roman Name: Bacchus) : god of wine, fertility, and the harvest. City . Ancient Greece Map. Athens . Sparta . Corinth . Delphi . Olympia . Thebes. Collection of city-states. Because farmland was so scarce, warfare amongst Greek settlements was common.. Had to look elsewhere for food. The Greeks Clash with the Persians. . a. At the time Athens was growing more powerful, Persia was the strongest military power in . . the world. . . b.. Persians. invaded Greece at a plain northeast of Athens called . 6. th Grade UBD - Unit 6 - Geography of Ancient Greece. Preview. Islands and Mountains. - . Ancient Greece had a very different geography than other river valley civilizations, such as Mesopotamia, India, China, and Egypt. . Copy down the following . words. Next to each word, write another English word that includes the underlined portion and what you think the underlined root means. astro. nomy. bio. logy. ortho. dox. horo. Who thought it up?. What did they believe?. How . many Gods & Goddesses? . Sources. Information on the Greek belief system comes from many sources. Unlike followers of religions such as Christianity, Judaism, & Islam, the Greeks did not have a single sacred text, such as the Bible or Koran from which their beliefs and religious practices derived. Instead, they generally used oral traditions, passed on by word of mouth, to relate sacred stories. Priest and priestesses to various gods would also guide people in worship in various temples across Greece. We know something about these beliefs because Greek poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Pindar, and Greek dramatists such as Euripides, Aristophanes & Sophocles mention the myths in their various works. .