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Ancient Greece Geographic Feature Seas: Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionian, Black Land: rocky mountains, islands Climate Greek ● ● ● Positive Negative Trade, navy easy to invade protection, great for olives only 25% farmable land, people separated little rainfall, difficult for farming warm, outdoor living Gods and Goddesses: Helped people understand the natural world Provided guidelines for how people should act Reflected values of Greek culture Athens: democracy, based on education, open city-state Sparta: oligarchy, militaristic, closed city state Persian War Who -- Greeks vs Persians What -- King of Persia, Darius I, wants to conquer Greece -Battle of Marathon -- Greeks beat the Persians -King of Persia, Xerxes, invades Greece again -- Battle of Thermopylae Why -- Persians wanted more land, they were the first invaders Athenian Democracy 1. Direct Democracy: Citizens vote directly on laws 2. Limited Democracy: not everyone has a right to vote 1. Only citizens can vote Citizens: Men born in Athens, 21 or older, who owned land 2. Can’t vote: women, people under the age of 21, slaves, men who don’t own land Ancient Greece Contributions 1. Drama○ Plays ○ Amphitheater 2. Democracy 3. Architecture○ Columns ○ Placement of important buildings 4. Medicine○ Hippocratic Oath- promise Doctors make to do no harm and keep information private 5. Science and Math○ Geometry ○ Pulley and levers