western civ day 18

Today we reviewed for the test on ancient Greece

• Pericles was a wise statesmen 
• he wanted to strengthen the athenian democracy
• to hold and strengthen the empire
• to glorify Athens
• he increased the salary of politicians 
• after Persian war Athens started Delian league
• Athens took leadership and dominated all city-states in the league 
• Pericles used money from league to strengthen navy 
• he burrowed money to glorify Athens 
• the parthenon was constructed
• it was built to glorify Athena 
• Greece invented drama as an art form
• tragedy and comedy
• Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides were famous play writers 
• spart declared war in 431 B.C.E
• sparta won in 404 B.C.E
• All of the worlds greatest civilizations are located near bodies of water
• India/Indus River 
• China/Huang He river
• Egypt/The Nile
• Mesopotamia/ Tigris+Euphrates 
• the bodies of water that surround Greece are... 
• Aegean Sea 
• Ionian Sea
• Adriatic Sea
• the large island south of Greece is Crete
• most cities controlled 50-500 square miles of land
• cities often had fewer than 10,000 people
• rulers and commoners did not get along
• tyrants were sometimes helpful, unlike today
• Draco took power in 621
• he developed a legal code
• code dealt with. criminals harshly
• upheld slavery 
• Solon came to power in 594
• stated that citizens should not own other citizens 
• shared concepts of pressing charges, voting, and that only high class officials can rule
• around 1200 B.C.E the Mycenaeans were conquered by the "Sea people"
• Dorians moved in around 1150 B.C.E
• they were less advanced 
• there was no writing for 400 years 
• Homer told stories around Greece
• the Iliad - about the trojan war
• the Odyssey - Poseidon tries to stop Odessius from returning home