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
What did they propose and voted on?
The Laws
Why was Athens a democracy?
Because “all citizens” could vote.
How much of the people were considered citizens?
only half the people in Athens
What were required in order to be a citizen in Athens?
Men over the age of 18
Who were not permitted to be slaves in Athens?
Women, people born outside of Athens, and slaves were not permitted to become citizens.
What age were the citizens required to be educated?
age 7
Since the Athens had no public schools, what did the citizens do?
They hired a tutor
By what age were they required to serve and how long?
By age 18, they have to serve 2 years. To be considered a citizen
Were girls educated?
NO
