History revision Flashcards
What period was Anicient Greece in?
(roughly) from the
9th Century BCE - 7th Century BCE
Greece was not a unified country but a
collection of city-states now as What?
Polis
What and what were two of the most
powerful poleis during this period
Athens and Sparta
Thucydides wrote a ‘History of the Peloponnese
War’ – a history of the war between who?
Athens and Sparta
Thucydides wrote his history based on trying to
use sources and eyewitness accounts yes or no?
Yes
Lots of Ancient Greek medicine still relied on who and faith healing. This can be seen in Asklepion’s.
Gods
Things were beginning to change – Hippocrates put
more emphasis on observations and symptoms of who?
Patients
Greek medicine became dominated by the ‘four humours’ theory what. This remained popular for over 1500 years.
Blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlem
Although easy to say that they still didn’t understand
causes of what, it was still a significant step
forward
disease
Ancient Greek thinking and learning on
philosophy, science, art and theatre etc. had a
big impact for the next how many years
2500
Some of the most famous philosophers were
who
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
Plato set up the ‘Academy’ and Aristotle the
‘Lyceum’ as places for their teaching of
what
philosophy and science etc.
what were all important parts
of Ancient Greek culture
Theatre, music and art
Many ways of ruling a polis, but the most
common were what
monarchy, oligarchy and
democracy.
Democracy got its name from ‘what’ and
‘what’ meaning ‘power of the people’.
demos kratia
Any eligible who citizen could take
part in the main assembly (the Ekklesia).
atheninian male
who to Athens were not allowed to take part – only
about 30% of Athens was actually eligible.
Women, Children, Slaves and foreigners
The ‘Boule’ were how many men chosen by lottery to
decide what the Ekklesia would discuss and
vote on
500
Polis
Polis – The term for the city-states in Ancient
Greece (e.g. Athens was a polis)
Acropolis
Acropolis - a citadel or fortified part of an ancient
Greek city, typically one built on a hill.
Hellas
Hellas – The name for the area that we know as
Greece. That means that Hellenes – A resident of
Hellas, someone who lived in the area of Greece
Asclepion
Asclepion – A temple to the Greek god of healing,
Asclepius
How has ancient greece shaped our world today?
It has invented mordern mathmatics,Sculpyure,science and even medicine
