Greece Flashcards
It refers to both the Ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea.
Aegean World:
City-states
Polis
central market/meeting place
agora:
used for protection and was a center for religion and government
Acropolis:
an ancient festival held every fourth year and made up of contests or sports, music, and literature with the victors prize a crown of wild olive.
Olympics
A series of battles fought between the Greek City States and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.
PERSIAN WAR
Each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians).
Direct democracy
Citizens vote for representatives who then vote on the laws.
Representative Democracy
He was an Athenian scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of traditional values, art, gov., etc.
Socrates
Socrates’ student
Plato
Emperor who had one of the largest empires in the ancient world; known for spreading Greek culture across continents
Alexander the Great