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Intro to City-States

Intro to City-States. 1. What two Seas did the Ancient Greeks travel in order to trade?. Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Aegean Sea. 2. How do we know about the Greeks of the Dark Ages?. We learn about the Greeks from the Dark Ages through archaeological findings. (Educated Guesses).

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Intro to City-States

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  1. Intro to City-States

  2. 1. What two Seas did the Ancient Greeks travel in order to trade? • Mediterranean Sea • Black Sea • Aegean Sea

  3. 2. How do we know about the Greeks of the Dark Ages? • We learn about the Greeks from the Dark Ages through archaeological findings. (Educated Guesses)

  4. 3. Why did Greeks originally form City- States? • The ancient Greeks originally formed City-States so that their people would have protection and stability from invasion and economical purposes. • The geography also promoted the creation of City-States in that the mountains and the Islands provided a natural segregation of people. • People of different regions and locations did not have as much contact with one another because of those geographical obstacles

  5. 4. What is another term for City-State? • Another term for City-State is a Polis

  6. 5. Define the Greek classical age. • The Greek classical age began as City-States began to emerge.

  7. 6. Why do you think it was important for Greeks to build cities around fortresses? Opinion

  8. 7. Define the word acropolis. • An acropolis is a City on top of a hill or High City

  9. 8. When did people most often enter the city walls? • Most people would only enter the city walls, in ancient Greece, when there was an immediate threat to the people surrounding the fortress.

  10. 9. What is another word for marketplace? • In Greek people used the term agora to describe the marketplace.

  11. 10. Why was the marketplace so important to Greek society? • The market place was important to Greek society because is was the center for all social events. • Shopping • Meetings • Political • Religious • Etc.

  12. 11. Why do you think it was so important for Greeks to start building colonies all around the Mediterranean Coast? Opinion

  13. Types of Government 4 • Monarchy • Tyranny • Oligarchy • Democrasy

  14. Monarchy • Monarchy is ruled by a single person or a king. The Prince would take throne if the King stepped down or died. If there wasn’t a male successor then the Kings closet military advisors would battle for the throne. The monarchies survived to around 1200 B.C.E. Monarchies were replaced by a system in which a small number of individuals shared power and ruled as a group.

  15. Tyranny • A Tyranny functions by a individual who has seized control of the government illegally. • Tranny started in 600s B.C.E. and ended in 510 B.C.E. • The last major tyrant was a person named Hippias.

  16. Oligarchy • The Oligarchy is in the hands of a few leaders. Political power was shared by aristocrats, who had wealth from families, and wealthy middle class. They had luxurious lives and enforced military support. Full political rights were lacked. Between 1100 and 800 B.C.E. the Oligarchy started to begin, but it was eventually overthrown by the 400’s and only one city-state was ruled by an Oligarchy, it was Sparta.

  17. Democracy • This government function by allowing people to vote. The men of Athens ran the government. They have councils that happen often. This democracy began in 500 B.C.E. so people were in charge of running the state. The members of the council were chosen by lottery.

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