Ancient Greece - Classical Era pg.147-150, 205-208 and Wikipedia
Geography - The center of took shape on a small peninsula of south-eastern Europe, deeply divided by steep mountains and valleys, but settlers spread civilizations along the coasts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Religion, Beliefs, Values - Greek intellectually abandon mythology, to prove that the world was a physical reality governed by natural laws, and to show that humans are both able to understand these laws and work out systems of morals and ethical life.
Arts - Greece well known for their art. Architecture, such as the Parthenon. They also created sculptures as well as pottery depicting different actions. Literature was another form of art being practiced at this time.http://www.history.com/topics/classical-greece/photos#
Social Developments - Women were not citizens. They had no rights in politics and government. The Greece also had slaves that had no rights. http://www.history.com/topics/classical-greece/videos#spartans
Politics - Had city-states, which had persisting rivalries. The Athenian government was a democracy. Greece is known as the birthplace of democracy. This democracy was not as was we know it today because of the way women and slaves were treated.
Economics - They began using coins to buy things. They did a lot of importing and exporting.
Demography - The population was just 2 to 3 million people. Modest size city-states, had 500 to 5000 male citizens. The larger city-states were Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Corinth.
Intellectual Development - Greece well known for its many philosophers. Socrates engaged others in conversation about the good life and radical ideas. He was sentenced to death. Thales predicted ac eclipse of the sun and argued that the moon simply reflected the suns light. Democritus suggested that atoms collided to form visible matter. Pythagoras believe that beneath chaos and complexity, was an unchanged mathematical order. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jxKwysVTeYg
Technology - Many forms of technology were used to build Ancient Greece such as pluming for baths and fountains, further development of gears, and the crane for construction.
Where there any other social developments or economic influences present throughout this classical era?
ReplyDeleteI liked the poem nice touch
ReplyDeleteIts truely funny how Greece is known as the birthplace of democracy and people having a say in their government, and exclude women as if they were 2nd class citizens.
ReplyDeleteThe information was great, I would be really interested in knowing how the social developments of women got to be to where they were during this time period and place. What kinds of things led this society to believe that women were unequal?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's just my computer, but the first visual under geography won't appear. But you said they abandon mythology...which I don't really understand, since the Greeks were known for their belief in mythology (I.e Greek Mythology).
ReplyDeleteHow did Greece did such modern technology to work in the ancient times. In example, how did they construct and operate cranes, and facilitate plumbing?
ReplyDeleteThey did a lot of importing and exporting? That seems like it goes without saying for an empire the size of Greece! Could you perhaps be a tad more specific in that regard?
ReplyDeleteAmong these intellectual developments, was there any profound back lash from the people regarding Socrates, Democritus or Thales' theories either negative or positive?
ReplyDeleteYou wrote about the role (or lack thereof) of women in politics, and how they were regarded in terms of social standing, but what about men? What were the different classes of men, and how did they relate with each other and with women? Were all men allowed to vote?
ReplyDeleteWhat were some of the things the Greeks imported and exported?
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