Download Greek City-States and Culture

The Ancient Greeks
City-States
and Greek
Culture
The Rise of City-States
During the Dark Age in
the 1100s B.C.,
developments of the
Aegean civilizations
were lost.
The Rise of City-States
Classical
___________ Greek civilization began when
people in villages came together for
City-states
protection and formed _______________.
The Rise of City-States
Each city-state built walled forts on hilltops
acropolis which means
called an ____________,
“high city” in Greek
The Rise of City-States
Below this hilltop, houses, buildings, and
open-air markets called _______________
agora
were found.
Sparta
Sparta
The city-state of ________
was located inland on the
Peloponnesian Peninsula.
Sparta developed a
military economy where
_________
people lived simple lives of
hard work and physical
activity. It had a standing
army led by two kings who
were part of a governing
council.
Spartan Government
Sparta used a governing system known as
oligarchy which is when a few people
an _________,
from the ruling class make decisions for
everyone.
Spartan Military Way of Life
•
Spartan citizens feared
______ the lower
classes who outnumbered the citizens
rebellion
more than 10 to 1. Fear of _________
from within and ________
attack from outside
led the Spartan citizens to focus on their
military.
Athens
• The city-state of _________
Athens was located
on Attica, a part of the Balkan Peninsula
northeast of the Peloponnesus.
Athenian Government
At first Athens was ruled by a small group of
leaders from wealthy landowning families
who inherit the right to rule. Members of this
aristocracy
____________,often
struggled with each
other for control of
Athens.
Where Does Our Government
Come From?
Reforms in 508 B.C. made the Athenian citystate into the world’s first democracy
___________, a
system of government in which the people
rule. Government was opened by
free
Cleisthenes to all __________
men 18 years
of age or older.
“Power to the People!!!!”
Athens
Each year, a new council was selected who
suggested laws for the assembly and
decided on government __________,
policies or
plans of action.
To Be Greek…
Although the city-states were independent,
according to their mythology, the people of
all the city-states shared a common
ancestor His name was _________.
Hellene
__________.
For this reason, they called themselves
Hellenes. In English, their language and
civilization are known as Greek.
Their mythology, religion, activities, and
language united them.
Greek Heritage
Greeks were united also by activities such
as the __________________,
Olympic Games which were
held every four years to honor Zeus
Olympic Games
A Familiar Civilization
Writing also helped bring the city-states
together. Their writing was based on the
alphabet used by _____________
Phoenician traders.
Alpha and Beta = the first 2 Greek letters = alphabet
Uncivilized?
Anyone who could not
speak Greek a was referred
to as a barbarian
__________.
Today a barbarian is a
person who is considered
uncivilized, or roughmannered.
Think About It
• What parts of Greek culture helped form a
Greek identity?
Mythology
Language
Ancestry
Olympic Games