By: Lauryn Hentz, Maggie Heubeck, CJ Haas,
Paige Gregg
Period 1
Sept. 24 2013
Geography
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 What was the land and climate in Thebes and
where was it located?
 Thebes is situated in a plain, between Lake Yliki to
the north, and the Cithaeron mountains, which
divide Boeotia from Attica, to the south. Its elevation
is 227 yards above mean sea level. It is about 31 miles
northwest of Athens, and 62 miles southeast of
Lamia.
Stable Food Source
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What kind of agriculture did and food did your city state produce and eat?
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The women would kneed bread.
They also ate:
Grapes
Wheat
Grains
meat-beef was very expensive, poor people only got beef and pork during religious
ceremonies
Wine
Olives
Cheese
Fish-main diets
Figs
Vegetables
fruits
Government
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 What system of government did Thebes have to direct
people’s behavior and make life orderly?
 Thebes king is Oedipus
 Thebes had a democracy which is a system of government
where the people rule.
 Thebes is a fortified city-state
 Has military strength
Religion
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What are the beliefs and forms of worship in Thebes and how
did this affect daily life in your Thebes?
 The gods say that every man is entitled a burial that will allow
him to pass to the afterword.
 Thebes is associated with Greek ledged and religion.
 They believed in many gods.
Architecture
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What kind of buildings, temples, and public works
were produced?
o Palatial buildings of two stories with wall paintings, greater
fortifications, workshops, stone built aqueducts with terracotta
pipes.
o Aqueducts means to transport water from one place to another
o Fortified buildings with:
o Rock cut fountains
o Courtyards
o Walls and drains
Social Structure
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What kinds of jobs did the people of your Thebes do and what
were the social levels?
Some of the jobs Thebans had were…
 Barber
 Soldiers
 Farmers
Social Levels
 The social levels starting from the top where Kings, soldiers,
artisans, shop keepers, and then slaves.
The Arts
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What kind of culture or forms of expression did your
city have?
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They had jugs, jewelry boxes, vases, bowls.
They had many animals and people on the vases and bowls.
They had many statues.
Music included playing lyre, flute,
Writing
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 What kind of written language did Thebes use and how did they
record the information?
 The Theban alphabet is often called "The Runes of Honorius" It is
also known as the 'Witch's Alphabet'.
 It was invented by Honorius of Thebes.
 Direction of writing is left to right in horizontally lines
 The Theban writing was used by witches, to write spells,
inscriptions, and other texts
 It disguises the meaning of a text and also gives it a mystical quality
Technology
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What kinds of tools, weapons, and inventions did your Thebes
create?
 They used the wheel barrow.
 A weapon they used was the Crossbow called the gastraphetes.
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 They used bronze shields to use in battle.
 They came up with different medicines.
Legacy
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 What was the lasting impression Thebes left?
 Thebes although developed came to a end in 290 BC
after the Thebes was destroyed by Sulla, in the war
against Rome. Half of its territory was given to
Delphians, for compensation of theft of the Oracle.
Important Dates
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 480 BCE: Thebes sides with Persia during Xerxes
invasion of Greece.
 431 BCE – 404 BCE: Thebes sides with Sparta
against Athens in the Peloponnesian War
 375 BCE: Thebes defeats Sparta at the Battle of
Tegyra
 371 BCE: Thebes defeats Sparta in the Battle of
Leuktra
 371 BCE – 362 BCE: Thebes is the dominant city-state
in Greece.