history ancient Greek
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- Hello Mackenzie, I've heard that you have been having trouble in my class because you don't understand what we are learning about in ancient Greece, so you are here today so I can help you. Now, I have decided that what would help you most is seeing ancient Greece in person so we are going to go on a quick field trip over to ancient Greece!
- Fine.
- Ok, so here we are. before I start showing you around, let me tell you a little about the Geography Shapes Greek City-States. Ancient Greece absorbed many of there ideas and beliefs from the earlier civilizations, Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Greek lived off of the food that they grow. Irrigation was very important so rulers would organize irrigation works to help the farmers grow there plants. Greece was surrounded by many rivers and mountains.
- Cool!
- Lets talk about the importance of the oceans in Greece. Greece was surrounded by 2 main seas, the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas. The mountains surrounding Greece blocked the outside world from getting in along with the people in Greece from getting out, but the rivers provided a vital link to the outside world. Greeks carried cargoes of olive oil, wine and marble to trade to other civilizations such as Egypt and Asia Minor. Greece received many things in return such as ideas, one idea lead to them changing the Phoenician Alphabet.
- Wow! The seas were really important!
- Lets talk about the Rise of Greek City States. This is one of my favorite parts of Greek. The Greeks evolved a unique version of the city-state, which they called the polis . Typically, the polis was built on two levels.On the hilltop stood the acropolis also called a high city. Acropolis's are great marble temples dedicated to Different God's and Goddesses. On flatter grounds is the walled main city which has marketplace, theater, public buildings, and homes.
- Wow, I'm really glad that I came here!
- Between 750 b.c. and 500 b.c. Greeks developed different forms of government. At first, the ruler of the polis, like those in the river valley empires, was a king. A Monarchy is a government in which a hereditary ruler, such as a king or queen exercises central power. Power shifted to a class of noble landowners. This happend because the landowners were the only ones who could afford bronze weapons and chariots. At first th nobles defended the king but over time they won power for themselves. the result was an aristocracy or rule by a land holding elite.
- Omg! It's a real king!!!!
- This is it, I am going to tell you about how the new ways of war shaped Greece. After I tell you about this I will take you back to our classroom. Changes in military technology increased the power of the middle class. By about 650 b.c., iron weapons replaced bronze ones. Meanwhile, a new method of fighting emerged—the phalanx, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers. The new type of warfare, however, led the two most influential city-states—Athens and Sparta—to develop very different ways of life.While Sparta stressed military virtues and stern discipline, Athens glorified the individual and extended political rights to more citizens.
- Ok! We have to get going, but I hope that you had fun.
- THIS IS SCARY!
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