Transcript Athens - My eCoach

Leader: Amber Keller Adventurous
Members: Leslie Santos, Tony Garcia,
Alex Marcelo, and Jesse Chen
 Athens went to war with Sparta in 431 BCE
 Athens is the largest city of Greece, apart from being one of the
oldest cities of the world
 Athens is the capital of Greece
 Athens is the birthplace of Democracy
 Athens is one of the world’s main
centre of archaeological research
 In 426BCE the construction of
the Parthenon began
 In 430-428 BCE a plague wiped out
¼ of Athens population including Pericles
 Alexander the Great was born in 356 BCE in Pella
 When Alexander was 13 he became the pupil of Aristotle
 When Alexander went to war a rumor was spread that he was dead
 In 333 BCE, Alexander became seriously ill but recovered and
continued to fight into Syria
 When Alexander entered Babylon he was diagnosed with Malaria
 Alexander died on
June 13, 323 BCE
 His body was placed in a solid
gold coffin!!
 Athens were the first to introduce Democracy to the ancient Greek
world
 Only men were allowed to vote
 Most of the time if you were a citizen you got to chose if you
wanted to go to the army or not
 The assembly made sure that
everyone followed the laws
 During meetings men were allowed
to speak up and had the rights to speak
their opinion
 Athenian soldiers were required to serve two years in the military
 After the first year they were given a sword and a shield with state
emblem on it
 Most wars between city-states were due to problems concerning
harvest or livestock, sometimes over power
 In 448-447 Athens and Sparta fought a war called Peloponnesian
war
 Of course, Woman were not allowed in the army
 Athens’ cargo ships used sails and oars to get where they were
going
 Cargo ships often carried wine, wheat, olive oil, perfume and metal
objects
 58% of men became sailors on cargo ships
 Even when they were only traveling to another city they went by
boat because of the rocky hills
 Most cargo ships weight 150 tons
 Almost all cargo ships were made of wood
 Farming in ancient Greece was difficult due to the limited amount
of good soil and cropland.
 One record showed a farmer making 30,000 drachmas in a year
off his large farm.
 Farmer grew enough food to support their families and at times
they grew a small surplus to sell at the local markets
 Most farmer were small with four or five acres of land
 They made the barley into porridge or ground if in to flour used
for wine production
We created democracy and were the people of
Pericles!
In 426 BCE we built Acropolis and were the largest
city in Greece
Athens ooh ooh its Athens
We went to war with Sparta in 431 BCE, did we
mention were the capital of Greece?!?!
We’ve might have been beaten, but were still
walkin!
Athens ooh ooh its Athens!!
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