Ancient Greece- Homer and Rise of the City-States Flashcards
Who was Homer?
A famous, blind, Greek poet
What did he write?
Long poems called epics
What was the name of the book he wrote?
Iliad and The Odyssey
What was developed into independent city-states in 700 BC?
700 BC of the Dark Ages
What was developed into independent city-states?
700 BC of the Dark Ages
What limited the size of the city-states?
The Geographical Features
Who did the Greek learn stuff and adapted an alphabet from?
The Phoenicians
What was the agora?
The CENTER of city life
What was the acropolis?
Buildings on large hills
Who developed the democracy?
The Athens
What was the democracy?
A government where all citizens can vote and all have the equal say in what happens
Who did this give more power to?
The people there.
Athens was led by….
Solon
Democracy was the council of how many men? What were they called?
500 (Boule)
What the election decided or random?
Random
