Ancient Greece
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sabstargirl on January 9, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anthropocentric | Value that emphasizes human potential and achievement over divine |
| What were some values in Greek culture? | Beauty, Patriarchal, Heroism, Courage, Bravery, Strength |
| Value | Any concept, idea, or principle that society deems important |
| Geography | -Centered around the Aegean Sea -Trade and transportation by sea -Mountainous (cover 3/4 of the land) -Poor resources -Poor communication among villages |
| Mycenaeans | -Warlike civilization -Culturally negative -Adopted characteristics of conquered lands |
| Trojan War | -1200-1190 B.C -War fought between Mycenaean kings again Troy |
| Troy | An independent Greek city-state in Anatolia |
| Why did Greece decline? | The Dorians, a less advanced group of people, moved into the Greek mainland. Writing, trade, learning stopped. |
| Homer | -Greek storyteller, passed on the story of the Trojan war through poems -Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Sparta- Political | Two governing groups--> assembly of free white males and council of Elders, Oligarchy |
| Sparta- Social | Many social groups: 1. Original inhabitants and ruling family 2. Non-citizens and commerce/industry |
| Sparta- Economy | Agricultural, slave labor |
| Sparta- Culture | Didn't value arts, valued discipline, strength, and duty rather than individualism |
| Sparta- Education | For boys and girls, it involved much physical education centered around the military, boys were trained for the military at 7 years old |
| Sparta- Military | Very important to society, most powerful |
| Athens- Political | A democracy and aristocracy in which only free males could make decisions. |
| Athens- Social | Women were treated as housemaids, rather that citizens; large gaps between rich and poor |
| Athens- Economy | Much overseas trade |
| Athens- Culture | Valued art and independence to an extent that Sparta did not |
| Athens- Education | Boys were educated well in the areas of poetry, math, history, philosophy, music, and astronomy (science) |
| Athens- Military | Powerful and strong, yet not as strong as Athens |
| Protagoras | Pre- socratic philosopher |
| Socrates | -4th century Greek philosopher and teacher -Believed that people should question ideas instead of believing them blindly -believed that there should be absolute standard of truth and justice -was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens are was executed by the Jury |
| Plato | -Student of Socrates -Critical of democracy because it empowers the masses of uneducated people -Believed that a philosopher-king should rule over a society of social classes -Created a school "the Academy" |
| Aristotle | -Plato's most famous student -Believed that observation and logic would be the key to truth -Created the school "The Lyceum" -Wrote extensively on all subjects -Most famous student was Alexander the Great |
| Alexander the Great | -Conquered Persia, Egypt, India, and many other lands -More concerned with conquering than governing -Died at 32 |
| Peloponnsian War | War between Sparta and Athens, consisted of many battles because of the overconfidence of both city- states |
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