Transcript Greece
Ancient Greece Colette Falsey and Madhia Akram People • • • • • • • • • • • Euclid- Was an important mathematician and a a excellent in geometry. Archimedes- He was an astronomer an excellent physicians and worked on machines. Pythagoras- Made the Pythagoras theory in Geometry. Hippocrates- He made medicine and wanted doctors to take an oath and be responsible and respect there patients. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes- The were professional play writers. Thucydides, Herodotus- They were Greek historians. Socrates- Believed absolute standard didn't exist. Believes in questioning. Aristotle- Questioned human belief, thought, and knowledge. Made scientific method we use today. Such as binomial nomenclature. Plato- Wrote conversations of Socrates. Alexander the Great- Greatest ruler that ever existed in Greek conquered a lot of land. Homer- Wrote epics: Iliad and the Odyssey . Greek City-States • ATHENS: • • • • • • • Government: democracy, trial by juries, council of 500 had lots of slave captured from wars. Fun: festivals for athletics, drama & religious occasions Education: sons of wealthy families studied math reading, history, poetry, music, logic & speaking. Girls of rich were taught to run households. Women: no rights Allies: Delian League Cultural Achievements: Art, drama, literature, medicine, philosophy, government • SPARTA, The Military State: • • • • Government: several branchesassembly, Council of elders, 5 elected officials, 2 kings rule army Helots: conquered Massena's forced to stay and work for them Education: taken at age 7 to start training in warfare. Girls were taught to reading, survival skills, could participate in sports Women: few rights, more independent. Major Events • • • • Peloponnesian War This war was between the two city-states, Athens & Sparta. Sparta had a stronger army and Athens had a better navy but from the location of the war it was hard to attack by sea. Still Pericles tried to avoid land battles. By the 2nd year plague had spread through Athens territory killing at least 1/3 of their men but still they kept fighting. After many more years Athens began t weaken and eventually surrendered to the Spartans. Athens lost empire, power and wealth. • Persian War • The Greco-Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between several Greek citystates and the Persian Empire that started in 499 BC and lasted until 448 BC. Even though the Persians had a large amount of forces the Greek city-states defeated the Persians. But, the Greeks had better supplies than the Persians. Long Term Impacts • Greek Democracy- The Greek built the first citystates ever known. Greek democracy created at Athens was a direct, not a representative democracy. Their council consisted of 500 people. • Olympics- The Olympic games was first found in Olympia, Greece. At one point in time the Olympic started to become declined as The Romans tried to take over. But were later started again in Greece gained power back. Now every four years there are winter and summer Olympics. Questions?!?! • • • • • • • • • • 1. Euclid was an important ______ and a a excellent in _______. 2. _________ and ________ were Greek historians. 3. Athens government had a council of ________. 4. _______ were conquered Messenians that were forced to stay and work for the Spartans. 5.________ was a military state. 6.The Peloponnesian War was between _______ and _______. 7. The __________ were a series of conflicts between several Greek city-states and the __________. 8. Athens had a stronger _______ while Sparta had a stronger ______. 9. The Greeks built the first _________ ever known. 10. The Olympics were found in _______,________.