Key Notes
- Rose up when there was no one to stop them
- Sparta and Athens were the largest and the size of a US state
- Acropolis- a combination of fortress and temple precinct
- Each community revolved around a certain God
- Greek city states began to form when the Assyrians gained power
- Were not very wealthy to begin with
- Hostilities were equipped with bronze armor, round shields, and iron swords
- Phalanxes- known as "rollers"
- Theseus- King of Athens, offspring of Poseidon and Aethra
- Monarchy- government by royalty
- Began to use oligarchy
- Oligarchy- Authority was to a small group of people, while the majority did not have much say in the government
- In other places the majority had power instead
- Each city states government was diverse
- Triremes- massive fighting vessels that would ram and board other ships
- required a lot of people so it was mandatory for volunteers
- Began to use democracy
- we still use it today
- tyranny- one supreme ruler, having a dictator
- Spartans were descendant of the Greeks
- ruled over the majority of helots
- With the uprising between the Spartans and the Helots, the Spartans needed to accept a government that gave them supreme power
- New government also consisted of Elders, 2 kings, and 5 officials called ephors
- ephors were elected annually
- Spartan Government = Oligarchy
- Boys began to learn how to become powerful and they could marry at age 20
- Girls began to learn how to take care of children and to care for their husband
- did not have much freedom
- Sparta was very successful
- Sparta had a great army
- Athens thought that the Spartan life was not one worth living
- Athens was the complete opposite of Sparta in every aspect
- besides the fact that they were seeking conquest
- Used all sorts of different government types
- Athens rapidly grew and became a thriving civilization
- Had an extremely large population which later on led to conflict
- usually between aristocrats
- Athens had a navy
- Boys > Girls
- Developed into democracy after many different government types
- Persian wars began and they conquered the border of India to the Nile
- Darius I was the Persian king
- Athens declared victory over Persia
- All of the power rested on the assembly
- Officials had a big responsibility and had to help keep things in order
- Ten generals
- ostracism- to exile for ten years
- was decided by community votes
- Aliens- people who were unknown or had come from somewhere else
- Slaves were still very popular in Athens
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