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6.2.1. – Ancient
Greece
Mr. Aiello
World History
Jerry Zucker Middle School
of Science
Mythology - Myths
and
The Ancient
Greeks
teachings that tell of
were
polytheistic.
The
gods, heroes, and
main god being Zeus.
nature.
The Ancient Greek city-states
Democracy
- Is
form
created
many- Is
forms
of ofof
Aristocracy
a aform
government
in
which
all eligible
government.
Some
ofpower
them
government
in
which
is
Assembly
Charged
citizens
participate
arethe
still
in useof-today.
in
hands
aequally—either
small, with
directly
elected
lookingorruling
atthrough
all prospective
privileged,
class.
representatives—in
the proposal,
ideas for new laws,
and the
development,
and
creation
of
laws
debating of the ideas before
voting on them.
Citizenship - The criteria
that is required of a society
to consider a person viable
to be called a citizen.
Delian League - Founded in
478 B.C.E. it was an
Shortly after its inception, Athens
Under
the
leadership
association
of
Greek
citybegan to use the League's navy for its
of Athens,
its purpose
was
The
War (431–
states
numbering
between
ownPeloponnesian
purposes.
This behavior
frequently
ledfighting
to was
conflict
404
ancient
150to
tocontinue
173B.C.E.)
under
the anbetween
Athens
and
the
less
powerful
the
Persian
Empire.
Greek
war
fought
by
leadership of Athens.
members of the League. By 431 BC,
Athens
and
its
empire
against
Athens' heavy-handed control of the
theLeague
Peloponnesian
League
led
Delian
prompted the
outbreak
by Sparta War.
of the Peloponnesian
Philosophy - is the study of general and
fundamental problems. Such as those
connected with reality, existence,
knowledge, values, reason, mind, and
language.
Peninsula - Is a piece of land that
is bordered by water on three
sides but connected to mainland.
Polis
Literally
means
city
in
Greek
and
Parthenon - Is a temple on the Athenian
is
used to( indicate
the
ancient Greek
Acropolis
Large Polis
) dedicated
to the
city-states.
maiden
goddess Athena
Athens - Named after the Goddess Athena
it was one of the most first important citystates in Greece first to fully develop
Sparta - A prominent
city-state
in
democracy
ancient Greece unique for its
social system and constitution,
which completely focused on
military training and excellence.