PPT-The Greek Polis: Sparta and Athens

The Greek Polis What is a Polis POLIS a Greek citystate What is a citystate ACROPOLIS a citadel on top of a hill AGORA town marketplace What purpose did the acropolis serve. 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. . A comparative analysis of two City-States. Mrs. Flores. WHAP!. Early Athens. With the Emergence of early Athens: 800-400 B.C.E.. Rise of Democracy during the 5. th. century . Monarchies forced aside by the Aristocratic class: Gave rise to the Oligarchs in the early 500’s. The True Story . Table of Contents . Sparta. . Athens . Cause and Consequences. . Arms . and . Armor . Sparta . Sparta . was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, . located on . the banks of the Eurotas River in . Before the war. 400s B.C.: Persian Empire intends to extend influence over all of Europe. Greek city-states cooperate with each other in resisting the Persian attack. The Persian Wars. 546 B.C.: Persian armies led by Cyrus II, conquered Greek city-states of Ionia in Asia Minor. Minoan Civilization . Sir Arthur Evans. discovered ancient ruins on the island of Crete in 1878. . He named the civilization after the legendary tale of . King Minos and the Minotaur. .. The Minoans were advanced in many ways, one included the use of . Spartans Build a Military Society. Spartan society was dominated by the military. According to Spartan tradition, their social system was created between 900 and 600 BC by a man named Lycurgus (. ly. Ancient Greek Civilization. Part I: Terms/Wars. Government by the nobility. Part I: Terms/Wars. Government by all of the citizens. Part I: Terms/Wars. This war included the battle of Thermopylae, or the 300. THE . PELOPONNESIAN. WAR. ATHENS . vs. SPARTA – THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR . Athenian Historian & General 460-400 BC. Wrote the . “History of the Peloponnesian War”. “Father of Scientific History”. Public Life. Agora. Public market, meeting place. Center of public life. Vendors (food, art, wool, cloth, books…). Mostly men. Public Buildings. Temples and Gov. buildings line Agora. Greek Architecture. 3 February 2010. Lecture Outline. The Age of Calamities. Decline of Mycenae. The Greek Dark Ages. Trade and Recovery. Rise of a Social Elite. The Greek Archaic Age. Rebuilding after the Dark Ages. The . Sparta and Athens. S. parta. is a city-state in the southern. part of ancient Greece. .. A . helot. was a member of a certain. class of servants in ancient . Sparta.. The . Peloponnesian War . was. th Grade UBD - Unit 6 - Greek Political Systems. Preview. Experimenting with Government. -. Greek city-states tried many different types of government. . Athenian Democracy. -. Democracy in Athens was different from modern democracies. However, its basic ideas are still seen today in governments around the world.. 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. The Rise of the Greek World 3 February 2010 Lecture Outline The Age of Calamities Decline of Mycenae The Greek Dark Ages Trade and Recovery Rise of a Social Elite The Greek Archaic Age Rebuilding after the Dark Ages