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Why would anyone consider Ancient Greece a great culture and civilization?

Essential Question of the day [write a detailed paragraph based on what you learn from the following slide show]. Why would anyone consider Ancient Greece a great culture and civilization?. Ancient Greece.

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Why would anyone consider Ancient Greece a great culture and civilization?

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  1. Essential Question of the day[write a detailed paragraph based on what you learn from the following slide show] Why would anyone consider Ancient Greece a great culture and civilization?

  2. Ancient Greece

  3. Key VocabularyIn your own words describe and explain each of the vocabulary termsPages 108-131 are helpful for information about these termsThe summarized information that follows is also helpful • Greek Geography • Athens • Sparta • Olympics • Alexander the Great • Socrates • Aristotle

  4. Geography

  5. Group of Kingdoms • For hundreds of years Greek islands were ruled separately. • Rulers fought over different islands. • Kings competed with each other for territory.

  6. Athens • Capital and largest city. • Named after the Goddess Athena. • Was once the world’s most powerful city.

  7. Athens • Was the center of government and trade. • Consists of many islands. • This helped support war and trade ships.

  8. Athens: Place of War and Play • Site of ancient Olympic games and the first modern games in 1896. • Site of many wars against its foe Sparta.

  9. Sparta • The most militarist city-state in ancient Greece. • All males had to serve in military. • At highest point had a 2,000,000 army. • Tough society

  10. Sparta • Training for men was very harsh. • At age 13 sent off to the country to fend for themselves.

  11. Alexander the Great • King of Macedonia for 13 years. • 336 B.C.-323 B.C. • Great warrior and conqueror • Countries conquered: • Egypt, India, Arabia, Italy

  12. Alexander’s Empire

  13. Successes and Problems • Inherited power from his father. • Alexander was good at assimilating new people into the Empire. • Empire grew too big and he became arrogant.

  14. Greek teachers: Aristotle • Alexander was taught by the great Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) • One of the first scientists to explain life. • Opened a school called the Lyceum. • His teacher was the great philosopher Plato.

  15. Sources • http://plato.lib.umn.edu/Images/plato.jpg&imgrefurl • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates • http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/socrates/socrates.jpg • http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/socrates.gif • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Homer_British_Museum.jpg • http://www.shoarns.com/greek%20islands.jpg • http://www.sunshineestates.net/reg_sum/reg_sum_images/greek_islands.gif • http://www.1hellas.com/images/greek-islands-map.jpg • http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Cities/PeloponnesusCities.gif • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heinrich_Schliemann.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sophia_schliemann_treasure.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MaskeAgamemnon.JPG

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