Dorians, City States, Athens, Sparta, Government, The Philosopher Flashcards
Dorians loved to
conquer land (demolishing dorians)
Greeks called themselves
Hellenes
Dorian sons later invade
Peloponnese after being kicked out when young
Dorians are like the new
Mycenaens
Dorians have NO
written lanquage
Dorians have little
culture compared to other civilizations
no writing leads to
dark ages where info lost
Dorians loved big, detailed
monuments
Ionic had better, detailed pillars opposed
to Dorians due to more money
Dorians lived in the
Iron Age
They developed swords to
slash with since iron is more durable
Paulis is
independant, political units
city states are
countries the size of cities
Thebes loyalty has
no value; they always swapped sides
Corinth is
rich, traders
Corinth had
Two sea ports while others were lucky to have one
Corinth built the
Dioklas for trade
The Dioklas
sent boats across land from the ports
Corinth had the most detailed
Pillars since they were rich
An Agora is
the center of a town where people met and traded
Argos developed
fighting styles
Argos is the oldest
city in Greece and Europe
Argos is home of
Perseus
The collous of Rhodes was a
giant bronze statue
Delphi city state was liked by
many greeks w/ high respect
Sparta’s military was
an ARMY
Lycurgus is a
highly respected spartan elder
The Messenians were conquered by
Sparta
In Sparta you’re either a
citizen or slave/hellot
1 Spartan equals
5 slaves
The slave revolt led to
militaristic reforms
Sparta had strong
moral beliefs
Citizens of Spart had unwavering loyalty to
the greater good of Sparta
Citizens of Sparta were equal so
money wasn’t needed
Slaves/Helots were _______ for everybody
Farming
Sparta had a _____ economy
agraria
Ephors were like modern
presidents yet, there were 5 of them nad were elected yearly
2 kings acted as
military generals
2 Ephors went with a king to war to
evaluate the king’s performance
If a newborn wasn’t healthy it was
killed
At 7 children are brought to the
agoge
An Agoge was a
military training-college
At the Agoge there were rountine
and random beatings to encourage toughness
Spartan women are equal to
men as well as educated
Everything was geared to building
elite soldiers
NOTHING was more important then
Sparta as a whole
Monarchy is a
power held within one person (absoloute power)
Oligarchy is
power held within a few people (intrest in the rich)
Tyranny is
power held by one person tooken by force
Democracy is the
rule of the people
Athens had a army where
regular citizens served when necessary
Athens had a BIG
navy with trade
Athens wasn’t powerful enough to
fight Sparta and win
Athenian monarchy was ruled
by kings
Nobles got powerful and
started to complain about the king
Nobles gather on the
Areopagus
Nobles discussing about the king leads to
Oligarchy (power held within a few people (intrest in the rich))
Areopagus means
Ares rock
Athenian Oligarchy was made up of
9 archon or rulers who were only nobles
Nobles voting for Archon leads to
divide between classes
Social upheaval destroys Athens; through tyranny someone is made a king which
isn’y good for Athens
Draco enforced law and
made written laws all over town
later on Solon invokes
MASSIVE reforms + new laws
Solon reduced dominance
of aristocracy (nobles)
Solon made council of reps. of
400, 100 from each tribe (4 tribes)
Solon laid the foundation for
democracy in Athens
Solon cleared ALL
DEBTS
Peistratus freed
all citizens who were forced to sell themselves into slavery
Peistratus forgave
all loans
Peistratus confronted
aristocracy and greatly reduced power of nobles
Peistratus confiscated evryone’s
land and reditributed it to all
Every free “Athenian” gained
citizenship
Peistratus died and his son ____ took over
Hippias
Hippias removed
freedom of speech (people said true, bad things about him)
Athens asked ____ for help removing Hippias
Sparta
Cleisthenes divided
tribes + expanded council
all athenian men could now
own land
council had
power to rule
council selections happened through
random draws
Assembly including
all male citizens could veto descions
Introduced
Ostracism
Ostracism
citizens could vote to exile someone for ten years
When someone was exiled
they could come back; their things remained untouched
Pericles promoted
particpation and payed for jury ect.
Pericles speeches celebrated
democrative Athens at it’s peak
Pericles built permanence in
Democracy
Greece is at it’s
pinical
Democarcy
Sometimes
Picks
Competent
People
Draco
Solon
Peistratus
Cleatus
Pericles
S
P
A
Socrates
Plato >the greek philosphers
Aristotle
Socrates wasn’t the first philospher but the
first big name
Socrates method is
asking questions continualy; first SCI method
Socrates was wrongly
found guilty of corupting Athens (I’m a fly while your asleep)
Plato was _____ student
Socrates
Plato was known for
politics
Plato wrote the famous book called the
Republic
The Republic dissed
Democracy
Plato wrote down everything called
dialogues
Aristotle was _____ student
Plato’s
Aristotle was generally
exellent in everything
Plato configured experiments to prove his ideas right while
Aristotle ran experiments to learn things genuine answer
Aristotle was able to open
a school called the Lyceum or Peripatetic school
Comedies are
funny
while tradgedies play are
drama
