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Athens
Geography
 Location/region
 Physical features
 Environment
 Movement
 Neighbors
Religion
 Holy books
 Beliefs, teachings
 Deities
 Sin/salvation
 Conversion
Achievements
 Arts/music
 Literature
 Philosophy
 Math/science
 Conquests
Political
 Leaders, elites
 Gov’t structure
 War
 Diplomacy, treaties
 Courts, laws
Economic
 Type of system
 Technology,
industry
 Trade, commerce
 Capital/money
 Types of
businesses
Social
 Family
 Women’s rights
 Social classes
 Inequalities
 Daily life
Sparta
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C I V I L I Z A T I O N : _A NC I E N T G R E EC E __________
Athens
Eastern Greece, north of Sparta
Sparta
Southern part of Greece, in the Peloponnesus
Religion
Greek mythology
Greek mythology
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Liked to learn new ideas, try new things,
educated to think and act as free people
Value duty, strength, discipline over
individuality, beauty, freedom
Democracy
Powerful navy
Won Marathon, Salamis (Persian Wars)
Conquered Messenia, took over the land,
enslaved the people (helots – peasants forced
to stay on the land they worked and give half
their crop to Spartans)
Most powerful army in Greece, at expense of
individual expression (no art)
Battle of Thermopylae, Plataea
Assembly elected officials and voted on major
issues; Council of Elders proposed laws for the
assembly’s vote. Ephors carried out the laws.
Two kings ruled over the military
Geography
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Location/region
Physical features
Environment
Movement
Neighbors
Holy books
Beliefs, teachings
Deities
Sin/salvation
Conversion
Achievements
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Arts/music
Literature
Philosophy
Math/science
Conquests
Political
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Leaders, elites
Gov’t structure
War
Diplomacy, treaties
Courts, laws
Economic
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Type of system
Technology, industry
Trade, commerce
Capital/money
Types of businesses
Social
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Family
Women’s rights
Social classes
Inequalities
Daily life
Democracy where everyone (free adult males)
participated directly in decision making.
Solon made reforms, eliminated debt slavery,
changed legal system. Cleisthenes makes land
reforms necessary
Mainly agricultural, lots of trade, foreign
colonies
Mainly agricultural – relied on labor of helots.
Little trade or luxury goods
Women stay out of sight and raise kids
Several groups: citizens (descendants of
original inhabitants) who owned the land, free
noncitizens who worked; helots; slaves
Men’s daily life was military training
Women were active and had important roles
while men were away
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