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WhatTwo cultures influence
Minoan and Mycenaean
Why do we read Greek literature
Study Greek values
What caused each polis is to be different from one another
Geography – mountains cause isolation and lack of communication
How did you get the impact the development of Athens and Sparta
Athens due to a coastal geography, turn to trade and interacted with other cultures Sparta, due to its landlocked geography, isolated itself and depended on a farming economy
How did the Persian war impact Athens? Sparta?
I don’t lost 200 chips and both lost many men overall Athens won and defeated the Persians
Why do we study Greek literature
To learn about what the Greeks valued
Polis
City state including the settlement and farmland
Dark age
A period Where people forgot how to read and write
Foreigner
A person from another city state
Monarchy
One lawful ruler
Aristocrats
Wealthy man who inherited land: landowners who provided advice
Oligarchy
Form of government in which a few people have the ruling power
Tyranny
One unlawful ruler who has the power to make a political decisions
Democracy
Also doesn’t have the power to make political decisions
Citizen
A person who is Mel, of age, not slave, not foreigner, free