Ancient Greece Flashcards
Where is Greece located?
In the Balkan Peninsula
The development of Greece was marked by?
Proximity to the sea: Good at navigation
Mountain area: independent city-states
How many periods are in Greece and their names?
3 periods.
Archaic,classical and Hellenistic.
When started the archaic period?
8c BC up to 6c BC
How the Greek people callled their territory?
Hellas
How were the most important poleis?
Sparta and Athens
The things in common of Greece
Religion Language Culteure Hella Same shape
Why Greek people need new territories?
Because they increase in population
When started the classical period?
5 c up to 338BC
Why was marked classical period?
By the Median war and the Peloponesian war.
How was the king of Persia?
Darius|
Why Greek poleis asked to help to Sparta?
Because in the 490BC Darius attack Athens
How many battles were in the classical period and which battles they were?
Four battles and a war.
The Battle of Marathon,the battle of Thermopilas ,the battle of Salamis and the Peloponesian war.
What happened in the Peloponesian war?
A conflict between Athens and Sparta and Athens declared a civil war and Athens and Sparta were fighting during 15 years and they signed a 30 years peace and 30 years later Sparta defeated Athens in 404 BC
What happened in the Hellenistic period?
Alexander the Great conquered Greece.
What happened when Alexander died?
His empire was divided between his generals and they founded: Hellenistic monarchies.
Differences between Athens and Sparta?
Athens government was called democracy Sparta government was called oligarchy Athens Citizen over 18 years Sparta citizen over 30 years Athens is Eclesia Sparta is Apella
How is the economy?
The agriculture is Mediterranean
They live in stock farming
They are artisans
They are traders.
What’s the most important activity in the economy?
The trader.
How they represented their gods?
The Greeek gods were atropomophic
What were the most important buildings in architecture?
The temples
How they were build the temples?
Stone and marble
Where they were the most important temples
In Acropolis and in Athens
How was the shape of the temples?
Rectangular building with a roof supported by walls an collums
