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I. Greek Roots of Democracy

I. Greek Roots of Democracy. Unit 2 10.1.1. Ms. Ramos. Rise of Greek City-States. Ms. Ramos. http://mbscientific.com/mediawiki/mediawiki-1.11.1/images/Greece500BC.gif. Governing City-states. http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/greece/acropolis_athens_greece_ert.jpg.

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I. Greek Roots of Democracy

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  1. I. Greek Roots of Democracy Unit 2 10.1.1 Ms. Ramos

  2. Rise of Greek City-States Ms. Ramos http://mbscientific.com/mediawiki/mediawiki-1.11.1/images/Greece500BC.gif

  3. Governing City-states http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/greece/acropolis_athens_greece_ert.jpg http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/ddunits/units/ls1fq2acts.htm Ms. Ramos

  4. Polis • Acropolis- temples to gods • Walled city http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/a/acropolis-athens-greece-711916-sw.jpg Ms. Ramos

  5. 750-500 B.C. • Power shift: monarchy to noble landowners http://greece.mrdonn.org/argos.html http://www.europabarbarorum.com/i/units/koinon-hellenon/kh_hippeis_xystophoroi.gif Ms. Ramos

  6. Changes in Warfare • Increase middle class power • Iron weapons http://www.amren.com/ar/2007/07/11a--GreekSoldiers.jpg Ms. Ramos

  7. Phalanx • Formation • Requires practice--- sense of unity • Reduce class differences • Sparta (discipline) v. Athens (individual & political rights) http://images.absoluteastronomy.com/images/encyclopediaimages/g/gr/greek_phalanx.jpg Ms. Ramos

  8. http://ccsdweb.com/jjaconet/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/this-is-sparta-map.JPGhttp://ccsdweb.com/jjaconet/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/this-is-sparta-map.JPG http://www.utexas.edu/courses/introtogreece/lect10/emapSparta9907210001.jpg Ms. Ramos

  9. Sparta: Nation of Soldiers • Military state • 2 Kings & Council of Elders • Assembly approve major decisions • Citizen= male, native, over 30 http://cd7.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cd7/website/images/greek-spartan-warriors-1.jpg Ms. Ramos

  10. http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/w/L/AthensMap-l.jpg Ms. Ramos

  11. Athens: A Limited Democracy • Democracy • Monarch—aristocracy---democracy • Discontent w/ aristocracy spreads----move to democracy Ms. Ramos

  12. Solon, 594 B.C. • Outlaw slavery • Open offices to citizens • Gave assembly more say • Discontent led to tyranny http://z.about.com/d/ancienthistory/1/0/2/S/2/Solon_th.jpg Ms. Ramos

  13. Pisistratus, 546 B.C. • Took pwr • Gave farmers & poor more pwr • Weakened aristocracy Ms. Ramos http://www.mainlesson.com/books/tappan/greek/zpage070.gif

  14. Cleisthenes, 507 B.C. • Greater citizen role • Council of 500: chosen by lot • Made the assembly a real legislature (lawmaking body) Ms. Ramos http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/Uploads/Image/0706/11massola1.jpg

  15. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~klio/maps/gr/constitutions/Periclean%20System.jpghttp://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~klio/maps/gr/constitutions/Periclean%20System.jpg Ms. Ramos

  16. B. The Persian Wars http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/11/10632/modlogo.jpg Ms. Ramos

  17. Persia: Asia Minor-India http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/early/darius/dariusmap490.jpg Ms. Ramos

  18. Persia threatens Greece http://www.worldhistory.timemaps.com/images/500BC/PersianEmpire.jpg Ms. Ramos

  19. 490 B.C. Persians land @ Marathon • Persia forced to retreat http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/images/perwars.gif Ms. Ramos

  20. 490 B.C. Persians land @ Marathon Persia forced to retreat Ms. Ramos http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Images2/Maps/Greek_domain_during_the_Perian_Wars.png

  21. 500 B.C. • Larger Persian army lands • Sparta & Athens join to defend & defeat Persia http://www.tqnyc.org/2005/NYC051950//miritgreece_wars_files/persian%20war.jpg Ms. Ramos

  22. 501 B.C. • Greeks defeat Persians on Asia Minor • End of Persian threat http://media.photobucket.com/image/persian%20wars/IanTheCool/170492_2.png Ms. Ramos

  23. Athens in Age of Pericles460-429 B.C. Ms. Ramos http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1057949/p783.jpg

  24. http://www.ecusd7.org/ehs/ehsstaff/jparkin/Academics/Ancient_World_History/Flowering_of_Civilizations/4-Rise_of_Ancient_Greece/4-War_Glory_&_Decline/img029.gifhttp://www.ecusd7.org/ehs/ehsstaff/jparkin/Academics/Ancient_World_History/Flowering_of_Civilizations/4-Rise_of_Ancient_Greece/4-War_Glory_&_Decline/img029.gif Ms. Ramos

  25. Political Life • Direct democracy • Believed all males should be involved in govt • Pays public office • Serve on juries http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens1295586module1779875photo_pericles2.jpg Ms. Ramos

  26. Funeral Oration • Athenian pwr rests “not of a minority but of the whole people” • Rights & duties of individual • Expression of democratic ideals http://www.life.com/image/50704068 Ms. Ramos

  27. 3. Economic & Cultural Life • Rebuilt Acropolis • Creates jobs • Reminds that gods favored Athenians http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/_/L/AthAcropRestored-l.jpg Ms. Ramos

  28. 4. Peloponnesian War • Athens v. Sparta • 27 yr fight • 404 B.C. Sparta captures Athens • End of democracy https://clengwell.wikispaces.com/file/view/spartanbottle.jpg Ms. Ramos

  29. Greek Philosophers Ms. Ramos http://cd7.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cd7/website/images/greek-philosophers-1.jpg

  30. Moral & Ethical Principles • Idea of goodness • Est standards of human behavior • Athens • ?? Accepted ideas • Success imp http://www.idivamemphis.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/tanorexic2.jpg Ms. Ramos

  31. Socrates & Citizenship • “What is the greatest good?” • Socratic method • ?? & challenge, examine ans threatened Athenian tradition http://www.petemandik.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/socrates.jpg Ms. Ramos

  32. @ 70 put on trial • Corrupt youth • Fail to respect gods • Condemned to death http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/resourcesb/dav_soc.jpg Ms. Ramos

  33. Plato & Reason • Reason, not the experience of the senses, leads to genuine knowledge • By rational thought, people can discover unchanging ethical principles, recognize their perfect beauty & learn how to org society http://madnessofart.com/wp-content/uploads/plato.jpg Distrust democ b/c killed Socrates Ms. Ramos

  34. state should regulate all aspect of lives • Ideal society divided into 3 classes: workers, soldiers, philosophers • Ideal society divided based on a process of examination Ms. Ramos

  35. Plato, The Republic • “At first, in the early days of his power, [the tyrant] is full of smiles . . . [but later] he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”

  36. Aristotle & Rule of Law • Govt by many • Suspicious of Democracy • Pro- constitutional govt by middle class- “polity” http://masteroftheuniverse.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/aristotle3.jpg Ms. Ramos

  37. City-state: best & natural form • Rulers must be subject to the law • “golden mean”: moderate course btwn extremes • Reason is guiding force • Est Lyceum (study of all knowledge) Ms. Ramos

  38. Aristotle, Politics • Regarding a tyrant: • “. . . is just that arbitrary power of an individual which is responsible to no one, and governs all . . . with a view to its own advantage, not to that of its subjects, and therefore against their will.”

  39. Alexander & Hellenistic Age http://dor.huji.ac.il/Images/Alexander.jpg Ms. Ramos

  40. Conquest of Persia • Alexander 20yrs w/ throne, sets to conquer Persia • 334-327 B.C. Mediterranean Sea- Middle East-Central Asia- India http://teacherportfolio.indstate.edu/jnorris/alexander_the_great_webquest.htm Alexander the Great Ms. Ramos

  41. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/Maps/images/Empires%20Persia%20and%20Alexander.jpghttp://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/Maps/images/Empires%20Persia%20and%20Alexander.jpg Ms. Ramos

  42. Legacy of Alexander • Alexander dies, empire crumbles • Blends eastern & western cultures • Citizens rule cities, governors manage, king ultimate control Ms. Ramos

  43. Stoicism • Avoid desires & disappointment by accept what life brought • Preach moral standards (dignity & equality) while unequal in society, morally equal b/c pwr of reason Ms. Ramos

  44. Rome emerges • 133 B.C. conquests in Asia Minor & replaces Greece in Mediterranean • Greek Impact: • Law, freedom, justice, govt Ms. Ramos

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