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Sources of Democracy –
Greece
How Do I Take Notes in This Class?
(This is the MAIN IDEA and would be
written on LEFT side of your paper).
• You write your
notes in the class
like this...
• This would be
written to the
RIGHT side of
your paper, under
your main idea.
Greece is in the Mediterranean Sea on
the continent of Europe.
Ancient Greece – 1 min
Greek Roots of Democracy
• Greeks built small,
independent citystates
– A small country with
one large city in the
center, surrounded by
smaller villages
• Greeks created a
large empire by
conquering lands and
making them colonies
• Each city state had a large hill in the middle
of the city called an acropolis
– Used as a meeting place, a theatre, and a
place to worship their many gods and
goddesses
Sparta and Athens
• Sparta and Athens
– Major city-states
• The Spartans were a warrior societyalways training and ready for war
• Athens was a much more peaceful
city-state than Sparta
• Athens was where democracy was
born
– A form of govt where the people vote to
elect leaders
• Athenian democracy was limited
– Few freedoms for the people
Athens – 2 mins
The Peloponnesian War
• 400 B.C. - Sparta and
Athens go to war
• Sparta tried to
dominate all of Greece
• The Peloponnesian
War, lasted 27 years
• Sparta defeated Athens
Greek Philosophers
• Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato
– Thinkers and philosophers who debated the
meaning of life and human existence
Socrates and Plato – 5 mins