Ancient GREECE Flashcards
Where was GREECE located ?
Greece is in the Balkan Peninsula and the islands next to it, in the south-east of Europe
What were the names that Greeks called their territories?
Hellas
Their development was marked by
Proximity to the sea they were good at navigation
Mountains area: independent city-states
What were the three periods of Greece?
Archaic
Classical
Hellenistic
What were the things that the poleis had in common?
Religion Language Cultures Hella Same ships
People was divided
Slaves and free=aristo I or peasants
Main economy activity was…
Agriculture, livestock farming and traders, artisans
What did appear in the Archaic period?
Poleis
Greek people lived?
In Genes(family clouds) but the Genes joined and formed the Poleis
When did the Archaic period began?
In the 8th B.C to 6th B.C
First city-states…
Poleis, there were more than 200 Poleis
Who were the most important Poleis?
Sparta and Athens
Poleis were…
Self- Sufficient
When did the Classical period begin?
5th cent. to 338 year B.C
The Classical period was marked by….
Median war and Peloponnesian war
The three names of columns
Corinthian, Ionic and Doric
Name the sculpture of the three periods
Archaic-kourus
Classical-Discobulus
Hellenistic-Laocoon
Economy
Agriculture = Mediterranean crops( cereal,olives,vines…)
Livestock farming = goats, sheep
Artisans = textile, pottery
Traders = the most important activity
Religion
Polytheists
Greeks gods were antropomorphical = they had powers and were inmortal
They lived in mount Olympus
Greeks believed in demigods and explain gods lives = Mythus
Honor = RELIGIUS CELEBRATION, SPORTING GAMES AND OFFERING
What did the kingdom of Macedonia?
When the king of Macedonia saw the situation of Greece he decided to conquer it. His son Alexander the Great conquer Greece and adopted and expanded the Greek culture but when he die his generals separated the country an Romans conquer them
When did the Hellenistic Period began?
In the 4th century B.C
Who won the Battle of Marathon, Termopilas and Salamis?
Marathon = Greece Termopilas = Persians Salamis = Greece
In the peloponnesian war who won?
Sparta won
Who won Persia or Greece?
Greece
Why the Peloponnesian war began?
Because each Poleis gave money to others Poleis but Athens kept the money of Greece and they used money to their own and asked for more the Sparta declare war
