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History of the Ancient and
Medieval World
The Glory That was Greece
Part 1: Rise of City-States
Walsingham Academy
Mrs. McArthur
Room 111
Greece Rebuilds (review)
Ca.
1194 B.C.E.
Ca.
Trojan War
1100 B.C.E.
850 B.C.E.
Mycenaean palaces collapse: Dark Age
776 B.C.E.
750-720 B.C.E.
750 B.C.E.
Traditional date of first Olympic Games
700-650 B.C.E.
Greek population begins to grow; trade and
settlements increase: Archaic Period
Homer
City-States emerge; overseas colonization begins;
Greeks adopt alphabet from Phoenicians.
Hoplite armor and tactics develop; Spartans
conquer Messenia.
Practice Map
Assignment 1
Prepare for assessment on Ancient Greeks:
Text pp. 114-117, Black Ships…, 2 sets lecture
notes
1. Participation Grade (5 pts.)
2. In-class essay based one of the topics on half sheet
(15 pts.- Thursday)
Extra-Credit Possibility for this week - 5 pts.
Evolution of Classical Greek Forms of Government
Due: (by email) Monday, 10/25
Checkpoint: (cause and effect)
1. What geo-politico-economic factors led to the
Trojan War?
2. The period after the fall of Mycenae has
seemed “dark.” Examine 2 reasons. How has
this period emerged more clearly to historians?
3. Why did ancient Greece develop into many
small, self-governing city-states and why did
they conquer or colonize surrounding regions?
Greece Rebuilds (review)
670-500 B.C.E.
600 B.C.E.
Tyrants rule many city-states
594 B.C.E.
Ca. 560-510 B.C.E.
Solon reforms Athenian Constitution
508 B.C.E.
Cleisthenes’ democratic reforms unify Attica.
Coins are first minted (Lydians); science and
philosophy start in Ionia.
Peisitratus and sons rule as tyrants in Athens;
Sparta is dominant in Peloponnese
Assignment 2
Read 118-123 and with your partner, divide
the responsibility for the assignment
below:
1. Complete Note Taking Study Guide
2. Define 12 bold-blue words and answer 4
Checkpoint questions.
For the People’s Good:
•What battlefield behavior did Tyrtaeus praise?
•What might happen if a soldier in the front ranks of the
phalanx fled?
Class Activities
Primary Source: Xenophon’s Constitution of the
Lacedaemonians:
• What do you think daily life in military Sparta
was like?
• Describe the Spartan student dress code. What
was its purpose?
• What bias might the historian consider in
examining this source?
Hoplite Revolution
Ca. 500 B.C.E.
Hoplite in full battle dress depicted on vase. Bronze shield used
to create phalanx-protective formation.
Early Coins
Lydian Lion
Athenian Owl
silver dekadrachm (ca. 400 B.C. E.)
Solon: The Lawgiver
•Solon created fair and just laws.
•Solon initiated the formation of democratic
government as opposed to absolute rule by
nobility.
•Statues and sculpture of him are in the halls
of the Library of Congress, US House of
Representatives and the Supreme Court of
the United States,
Peisistratus: The Builder and Civic Booster
•Respected Solon’s Reforms
•Created Festivals
•Initiated Public Building Projects
•Made People Proud to be Athenian
Cleisthenes
•Credited with having established democracy in Athens,
•His reforms (end of the 6th Century BC) made possible
the Golden Age of Athenian civilization (5th Century
BC.)
•Born into one of the city's foremost political dynasties
(brother-in-law to Peisistratus:) an unlikely champion of
the people when they rebelled against tyranny.
Themistocles
“Tragic” Hero of Persian War
•Brilliant general + crafty politician
•Wartime leader (against Xerxes’ Persia)
•Defeats Persians- Salamis naval battle
•Arrogant, Corrupt (ultimately ostracized)
•Dies in Persia (working for enemy’s son!)
Assignment 3
Athens Demands Action
What did Miltiades demand of Callimachus and what did
he say would happen if Callimachus failed?
What does this speech suggest about Greek preparations
for war against the Persians?
Read in text, pp. 124-128 and complete Note Taking Guide 4:3.
Extra-Credit Possibility for this week - 5 pts.
Evolution of Classical Greek Forms of Government
Due: (by email) Monday, 10/25
In Class Activity
• Who were the Spartans? (their gov’t, their society,
their values)
• Who were the Athenians? (their gov’t, their society,
their values)
• How did the Greeks view the “Other?”
• What were the Persian Wars? (Causes, effects)
• Explain Athens’ high point of importance (When,
who, what effect)
• What was the Peloponnesian War? (Causes, effects)
Class Activities
• Check and rehearse your homework with
a partner.
• Complete Graphic Organizer
Sparta
Athens
Monitor your progress:
Assignment 4
• Based on text, pp. 124-128, define 6 boldblue terms and answer 3 Checkpoint
questions.
• Geography Interactive: Persian Wars
Extra-Credit Possibility for this week - 5 pts.
Evolution of Classical Greek Forms of Government
Due: (by email) Monday, 10/25
Words borrowed from Greeks
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Laconic
Spartan
Demagogue
Draconian
Ostracism
tyrant
What are their meanings today?
Assignment 5
Read text, pp. 129 and answer Thinking
Critically (questions 1 & 2)
3. What did Pericles mean when he said that
Athens “is an education to Greece”?
4. How did Pericles view public life?
Monitor your progress:
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