ANCIENT GREECE
... Athenian Democracy • After the Peloponnesian War with Sparta, which Athens lost, once again Athens was ruled by a small group of people. But for a brief period of about 100 years, Athens was a democracy. It was not a perfect democracy, but it established the roots of democracy. We owe Athens a lot! ...
... Athenian Democracy • After the Peloponnesian War with Sparta, which Athens lost, once again Athens was ruled by a small group of people. But for a brief period of about 100 years, Athens was a democracy. It was not a perfect democracy, but it established the roots of democracy. We owe Athens a lot! ...
Group 1 Nearpod Code: FVHQD
... - At age 39, males were allowed to vote in assembly and live at home but remained controlled until age of sixty. ...
... - At age 39, males were allowed to vote in assembly and live at home but remained controlled until age of sixty. ...
Democracy began with the ancient Greeks in the sixth century BC
... Greek-speaking people, each of whom formed a city-state known as a polis (plural: poleis). The polis included an urban center, outlying farm areas, and small neighboring villages. Most of the poleis were small in size; only three had a population of over twenty thousand citizens. They varied in geog ...
... Greek-speaking people, each of whom formed a city-state known as a polis (plural: poleis). The polis included an urban center, outlying farm areas, and small neighboring villages. Most of the poleis were small in size; only three had a population of over twenty thousand citizens. They varied in geog ...
What mattered to the Ancient Athenians?
... • Pericles 495-429BCE: key orator and general during the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Helped create Athenian empire, he was responsible for many of the buildings at the Acropolis and for making Athens the cultural centre of Greece. • Socrates 469-399BCE: philosopher and teacher. • Plato 427-347 B ...
... • Pericles 495-429BCE: key orator and general during the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Helped create Athenian empire, he was responsible for many of the buildings at the Acropolis and for making Athens the cultural centre of Greece. • Socrates 469-399BCE: philosopher and teacher. • Plato 427-347 B ...
2 – Archaic Greece – Rise of Athenian Democracy
... nobles, which were called the Areopagus, from the name of the hill on which they met. In the eighth century BC, these nobles gradually became very wealthy, particularly off of the cash crops of wine and olive oil, both of which require great wealth to get started. As their wealth increased, the nobl ...
... nobles, which were called the Areopagus, from the name of the hill on which they met. In the eighth century BC, these nobles gradually became very wealthy, particularly off of the cash crops of wine and olive oil, both of which require great wealth to get started. As their wealth increased, the nobl ...
1 GREEK POLITICAL THOUGHT AND CONTEXT: 600 – 400 BC
... Plato, a famous philosopher during this time period, argued for a political system quite different: his Republic. In his view, both oligarchy and democracy were poor types of government, with oligarchy only a little better than Democracy. He believed both were ruled by individual desire, which leads ...
... Plato, a famous philosopher during this time period, argued for a political system quite different: his Republic. In his view, both oligarchy and democracy were poor types of government, with oligarchy only a little better than Democracy. He believed both were ruled by individual desire, which leads ...
Athenian strategy in the Peloponnesian War
... Athenian strategy in the Peloponnesian War Athens' fleet and fortifications made its urban center impregnable to direct attack. Already by the 450s the Athenians had encircled the city center with a massive stone wall and fortified a broad corridor with a wall on both sides leading all the way to th ...
... Athenian strategy in the Peloponnesian War Athens' fleet and fortifications made its urban center impregnable to direct attack. Already by the 450s the Athenians had encircled the city center with a massive stone wall and fortified a broad corridor with a wall on both sides leading all the way to th ...
Athens City
... A. After Athens’s monarchy ended, the city-state had an aristocratic government 1. Aristocracy – rule by an elite group of people (In this case landholding nobles) 2. Only citizens who owned land held office in Athens, but all adult male citizens met in an assembly. a. Elected Generals in time of wa ...
... A. After Athens’s monarchy ended, the city-state had an aristocratic government 1. Aristocracy – rule by an elite group of people (In this case landholding nobles) 2. Only citizens who owned land held office in Athens, but all adult male citizens met in an assembly. a. Elected Generals in time of wa ...
The Greek City
... Five men know as ephors were responsible for the youths’ education and the citizens’ conduct. A council of 2 kings and 28 men over 60 years of age decided on the issues the assembly would vote on. The assembly did not debate, but only ...
... Five men know as ephors were responsible for the youths’ education and the citizens’ conduct. A council of 2 kings and 28 men over 60 years of age decided on the issues the assembly would vote on. The assembly did not debate, but only ...
Ancient Greece - Class Notes For Mr. Pantano
... ancestry and are very wealthy. In ancient Greece it was very difficult, almost impossible to become an aristocrat, if you were born into another class. ...
... ancestry and are very wealthy. In ancient Greece it was very difficult, almost impossible to become an aristocrat, if you were born into another class. ...
c MILTIADES - Maclean High School
... - 513: advised Ionians to desert Darius at the Danube during his campaign against the Scythians. The other Ionian leaders declined. - 499: took part in the Ionian Revolt - 493: escaped the Phoenician fleet, fled to Athens, where his knowledge of Persian military tactics proved invaluable. - 490: his ...
... - 513: advised Ionians to desert Darius at the Danube during his campaign against the Scythians. The other Ionian leaders declined. - 499: took part in the Ionian Revolt - 493: escaped the Phoenician fleet, fled to Athens, where his knowledge of Persian military tactics proved invaluable. - 490: his ...
Poster - Society of American Archivists
... After a crisis of democracy in 411 B.C., the Boule, the 500-member, lotterychosen governing council of Athens, appointed Anagrapheus (“codifier”) to examine and revise the laws and decrees of the state. The Anagrapheus was supposed to do the survey and collect materials from both inside and outside ...
... After a crisis of democracy in 411 B.C., the Boule, the 500-member, lotterychosen governing council of Athens, appointed Anagrapheus (“codifier”) to examine and revise the laws and decrees of the state. The Anagrapheus was supposed to do the survey and collect materials from both inside and outside ...
Athens - Hale
... As such, law is often biased in favour of landowners and against commoners In 621 BCE an archon (Draco) writes down a comprehensive list of laws that would apply to all citizens ...
... As such, law is often biased in favour of landowners and against commoners In 621 BCE an archon (Draco) writes down a comprehensive list of laws that would apply to all citizens ...
Athenian Textbook Reading
... Athens became a democracy around 500 B.C.E. But unlike modern democracies, Athens allowed only free men to be citizens. All Athenian-born men over the age of 18 were considered Athenian citizens. Women and slaves were not permitted citizenship. Every citizen could take part in the city’s government. ...
... Athens became a democracy around 500 B.C.E. But unlike modern democracies, Athens allowed only free men to be citizens. All Athenian-born men over the age of 18 were considered Athenian citizens. Women and slaves were not permitted citizenship. Every citizen could take part in the city’s government. ...
Pericles - CarnoGold
... The different ways Athens and Sparta raised their children. Including the Spartan practice of giving girls only the lightest of garments, the idea being to inure them to the cold to make them healthy and vigorous enough to raise the next generation of Spartans. The fate of Athenian girls as mothers ...
... The different ways Athens and Sparta raised their children. Including the Spartan practice of giving girls only the lightest of garments, the idea being to inure them to the cold to make them healthy and vigorous enough to raise the next generation of Spartans. The fate of Athenian girls as mothers ...
CRQ 1 - Jury System in Athens
... questions that follow. Historical Background: The jury system in ancient Greece, and particularly the city-state of Athens, has always been considered one of Greece’s major democratic achievements. In this system, there were no lawyers; rather the defendants were responsible for presenting their own ...
... questions that follow. Historical Background: The jury system in ancient Greece, and particularly the city-state of Athens, has always been considered one of Greece’s major democratic achievements. In this system, there were no lawyers; rather the defendants were responsible for presenting their own ...
greek Democracy
... But…Draco started the ball rolling towards Athenian democracy: Created the ‘Council of Four Hundred’ chosen by ‘lot’ Served as a kind of balance or check to the power of the Areopagus. ...
... But…Draco started the ball rolling towards Athenian democracy: Created the ‘Council of Four Hundred’ chosen by ‘lot’ Served as a kind of balance or check to the power of the Areopagus. ...
Pericles sets example for today`s leaders
... army — that the ancient Greeks discovered the idea of personal liberty, some 2,500 years ago. And it was at Athens, the site of so much struggle and uncertainty today, that ideas of freedom and democracy gelled for the first time into an organized political system based on these two ideas. Of course ...
... army — that the ancient Greeks discovered the idea of personal liberty, some 2,500 years ago. And it was at Athens, the site of so much struggle and uncertainty today, that ideas of freedom and democracy gelled for the first time into an organized political system based on these two ideas. Of course ...
week-4-reading-questions
... Thucydides 1.66-88 The year is 432 BCE. 50 years after the Greeks repulsed the Persians, Athens has established a hegemonic empire over a large portion of the Greek world, to the disgust of her rivals. In particular, Corinth is infuriated because the Athenian empire has taken control of two former C ...
... Thucydides 1.66-88 The year is 432 BCE. 50 years after the Greeks repulsed the Persians, Athens has established a hegemonic empire over a large portion of the Greek world, to the disgust of her rivals. In particular, Corinth is infuriated because the Athenian empire has taken control of two former C ...