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Greece chroniological order
- 750 BCE -Dorian and Ionians had the idea to make city-states/ polis's - independent greek city states
- 2 parts of each city state. The Acropolis - temples on mountains, and the waller main city where there was a market and
homes
- citizen ship was clearly defined by which polis you were from.
- 2 types of govt. - Dorians had an oligarchic form of government. the Ionians developed first democratic gov't
- Sparta - all about military, at the age of 7 children would train,women's rights, independent, isolated, strong
- Megara - explorers, had slaves, no womens rights, coastal, copyed corniths coinage, rely on trade, 2 years of military training
- Cornith - engeneering, economy relyed on trade, monarchy, history of unenployment, water shortage, taxed their currency, unindependent
- Syracuse - kept out invaders for long, coastal, many foriegners,frequent cite of battle, romans conquered then got back up and built better cities
- Athens - 100% about education, thought they were the center of greece, no womens rights, direct democracy
- and aliance forms between Spartans and Athens
- Athens vs. Sparta
- 490-479 BCE Persian war - Greek city states unite to fight the Persians
- Athenians emerge as most powerful city state
- 700 BC - "kings" rulled homes and immediate surroundings. monarchy formed, then moved to Aristocracy - wealthy in charge. created law code called Draco, punishment was death
- Solon - 594-593 B.C. Rewrites Draco law code. creates a constitution, classes were built on wealth not blood, created slave system, had judges and an Assembly, created council of 400 members - Highlight - Wealth and power
- Pericles changes Athens forever, leader during Greece's highest point in Education and Arts, he focused on building Acropolises. after the Persians ruined all the Acropolises, Pericles proposed a reconstruction. the Parthenon - a temple towards Athena (wisdom- Athen's highest belief). took 15 years to complete, gave jobs, was the spiritual heart of the city, was a Democratic Monument. was a threat to Persian's showing
that nothing can take Geeks down and executed perfection. the Parthenon built nationalism from the war.
- Pistratus - 546 B.C. He contined Solons policy, reformed the economy, increased equality, beautified cities, created new festivals - Highlight - Wealthy and still in control
- Ciesthenes - 507 B.C - organized city-states into towns and countries, made changes to the council (originally 400 members now 500)there were representatives from each county, citizens had a say, instituted ostracism - vote to kick people out, instituted direct democracy. - Highlight - Midde-class plus wealthy in control
- Athens - Delian League
- Sparta - Peloponnesian League
- Peloponneasian war - Athens vs. Sparta. Sparta wins
- Warfare and war leaders
- Ritual in war
- Honor - never doing anything dishonorable to your country
- Chivalry - code of conduct (ex - Bushido - morals, the way)
- Heros
- Middle class and nobles afforded wespons and armory
- Rules - Announce all attacks, no sneak attacks, wait for your enemy to be ready, no battle on holidays, allow time to bury and grieve.
- uniforms were 80 pounds of armour and 10 feet spears for fighting.
- Athenian Democracy and leaders
- City- states