Greece Flashcards
Hom many wars were in the Classical period
4 wars
How many years lasted the Greek Empire
770 years lasted the Greek Empire
The Persians in which country were they?
They were in Turkey
How many Independent Poleis were
More than 200
How was the Peloponnesian war
Conflict between Athens + poleis against Sparta + poleis
Athens had money and Sparta a great army.
For 15 years the fight to control Greece, then they signed a 30 years peace=) Athens became stronger.
A war broke out and during 30 years the were fighting until Sparta win, after this war Greece was destroyed.
What did Greek in honor of the gods
Religions celebrations
Sporting games (Olympic games)
Offerings
Who was the form of government of Sparta
- Oligarchy
- Any citizen over 30 could vote. Where citizen the sons of Spartan father
- Apella-) assembly
- Gerousia-) 28 Aristoi over 60
- 2 kings
What was the form of government of Athens
- Democracy
- Any citizen over 18 could vote. Where citizen male children of Athenians parents
- Ecclesia-) assembly were citizen were met
- Council of 500-) chosen by ecclesia. They took decisions
- Magistrates/judges
What were the important activities of economy
Agriculture
Livestock farming
Artisans
Traders
What were the important events in Archaic Period
The colonization and the appearance of first poleis
What thing had in common the poleis
Culture Hellas Shape Language Religion
Name the different types of columns and the most important building
Types of columns -Ionic -Doric -Corinthian The most important building - Temples: they were built of stone and marble, the most important temples were in the acropolis and were rectangular buildings supported by walls and columns
What was the Delian league
Greek poleis made an alliance to protect from any attack and to have a stable army. Delian league=) Each poleis gave to give boats and money=) Athens kept and they used to do their own things and asked for more
Name the sculptures of Greece
- Kourous
- The discobulus by Myron
- Caocoon and his songs
Greeks called they territory
Hellas
Where is Greek
In the Balkan peninsula and the islands next to it, south-east of Europe.
They were near the sea, so they were very good at navigation
What and was was the Acropolis and down part
Is the upper part of the city, there were the Aristoi and the temples.
Down were the public buildings and the Agora.
Sourrouding the poleis were forests and agriculture land
What happened in the Battle of Marathon
Darius 1 defeated the Greeks that were in Turkey and Darius 1 send a messenger to all the poleis asking if they want to be part of Sparta, the majority say yes, but Athens and Sparta send the head of the messenger to Darius 1, this is how start.
Darius 1 disembarked in Marathon while Athenians were waiting in the slope of the mountain, and Darius 1 waited and waited while Athens was waiting for Sparta. Darius 1 sent troops to Athens, Athenians realised that they were more and they attacked Persians and they won.
Is the battle of Marathon because there were 42 km from Marathon to Athens to say that they defeated Persians
What happened in the Second Median War
The defeat in Marathon brought crisis to the Persian Empire and Darius 1 die, his son was the king and pacified the country and tried to attack the Greeks.
Battle of Termopilas: Double strategy of the Greeks 1/2 troops by sea and the other 1/2 by land and Persians went by land and Greeks were defeated
Battle of Salamis: Greeks went by sea and they won.
The conflict end with the Peace of Calias in 448 BC
What happened in the Hellenistic period
The king of Macedonia saw the situation of Greece and he conquered them, his son Alexander the great conquered Greece and built a great Empire. Alex was intelligent and he expanded and adopted the Greek culture, when he died his Empire was divided between his generals and they founded the Hellenistic monarchies.
In 30 BC romans conquered them
Why did they do the colonization
Because the lack of land because the increase of population and was in hands of Aristoi.
New commercial activity brought the need of raw materials and new markets.
Over population and social problems.
Explain the appearance of the first poleis
At the beginning Greeks poleis lived in Genes and Genes joined and formed poleis. Appear new jobs
People was divided into free and slaves
Free: Aristoi (rich) and peasants (poor)
Slaves: War prisoners normally
