Transcript The Glory that was Greece

The Glory that was Greece
What is a legacy?
Legacy is traditions, skills and knowledge of a
culture that get passed on to people in the
future
Something a culture is known for
Babe Ruth’s
legacy was
homerun hitting.
A gift from the past
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The
Legacies of Ancient Greece
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scientific
method
theater
democracy
epics
classification
Olympics
architecture
Socratic
Method
trial by
jury
Greek
mythology
tragedy
comedy
Hippocratic
Oath
marathon
philosophy
Conclusion
Greek Geeks (Philosophers)
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Philosophy means “Lovers of Knowledge”
Socrates was the first great Philosopher.
Plato was a student of Socrates
Aristotle was a student of Plato.
Philosophy
Love of wisdom; trying to figure things out
through learning and reasoning
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Socrates
Socratic Method
Plato
Political Science
Aristotle
Science & Logic
Democracy
A government where the people have the right to
make decisions about leaders and laws
Greek word meaning
“power of the people”
Athens developed the
first democracy
The U.S. government is based
on Athenian democracy.
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Trial By Jury
When a group of citizens decides if a person is
innocent or guilty of a crime
Serving on a jury was a citizen’s duty
About 500 jurors for a trial
Jurors were paid for service
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Greek Mythology
Myths are stories about gods & goddesses
that were used to explain events in nature
12 Major Gods & Goddesses of Mt. Olympus
Zeus
Poseidon
Hades
Hermes
Hera
Apollo
Artemis
Hephaestus
Athena
Demeter
Aphrodite
Ares
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Olympic Games
Foot races
Javelin
Warrior’s Race
Boxing
Discus
Pancratium
Wrestling
Messengers &
Trumpeters
Pentathlon
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Alexander the Great Hellenistic
Greece
356-323 B.C.E.
Alexander of Macedon
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•Most Greeks considered
Macedonians backward
–Lived in villages, not cities
–Spoke form of Greek
unintelligible to other
Greeks
•359 BC, Macedonia’s fortune
changed when Philip II took
throne (Alexander’s Father)
Philip I
• One of Philip’s first actions
as king
• Adopted phalanx system,
but gave soldiers longer
spears
• Included larger bodies of
cavalry and more archers
• Set out to conquer Greece
– Faced little opposition
– Quickly crushed armies
– Conquered all but
Sparta
Alexander becomes King
• Philip is assassinated
• Title, plans for conquests fell
to son, Alexander the Great
• Alexander only 20, but had
been trained to rule almost
from birth
• Learned warfare and politics
from father, mother, and
Aristotle
Alexander Conquers the World
• By age 29 Alexander
has conquered most of
the known world.
• He Defeats Darius III
(Darius I’s Great
grandson)
• Concures:
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Greece
Persia
Egypt
India
Why is Alexander so Great?
Alexander is remembered as possibly the greatest
General ever to live.
Alexander’s Death
• Alexander dies at 33 Power Struggle
• Were not sure exactly
how he died.
Possibilities:
• Malaria
• Poisoning
• Heavy Drinking
•Alexander never names a
Successor
•Generals fought each other
• for power
•In the end, the empire was
•divided among three most
•powerful generals
Here comes the Romans
• Rome eventually will conquer all of the
Greek world.
The Greek’s top 3 Contributions
• Look over the notes and pick your choice of
the top 3 Greek contributions to our world.
• Your choices from the notes are:
Democracy, The Olympics, Trial by Jury,
Greek Architecture (columns), Ideas of
Greek Philosophers, Greek Mythology,
Greek military organization.
• In Two sentences each tell me why you
picked them.