1 / 11

Ancient Greece 700 B.C. – 335 B.C.

Ancient Greece 700 B.C. – 335 B.C. Polis (city-states). Geograhic & political center of Greek life. Acropolis. Fortified hill with a temple on top Originally, each polis was made up of farm villages around the acropolis. Agora-open market place near foot of acropolis. Agora.

amity-garrett
Download Presentation

Ancient Greece 700 B.C. – 335 B.C.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ancient Greece700 B.C. – 335 B.C.

  2. Polis (city-states) • Geograhic & political center of Greek life

  3. Acropolis • Fortified hill with a temple on top • Originally, each polis was made up of farm villages around the acropolis

  4. Agora-open market place near foot of acropolis

  5. Agora

  6. Exterior of Agora

  7. Interior of Agora

  8. Polis (city-states) • Each has its own Gov. and laws • 5,000 – 10,000 population of citizens • Citizens • Could vote, own property, hold public office, speak for themselves in court • In return they were expected to take part in government and defend their polis in time of war or conflict. • Workers born outside of Greece, women, children and enslaved people were NOT citizens. • Good of the polis above everything else

  9. Sparta • South Central region of Peloponnesus • Greatest military power of Greece

  10. Located Northeast of Sparta on the Aegean coast. Strongest navy of Greece. Athens

More Related