1. Ancient Greece “Birth of Democracy”

2. Geography Balkan Peninsula of Greece surrounded by Aegean, Mediterranean and Ionian Sea Scattered arable land to farm divided by mountains Small City states formed in these isolated areas

3. Early Governments Emperor or King = Monarchy (early system) Changed to more people with power or Aristocracy. This is an elite ruling class or a small group that holds power, Oligarchy Athens will develop a democratic government

4. Sparta Dorians conquered Laconia, enslaving them Dorians < Laconians Rulers < Slaves Sparta's brutal system of control would keep them on top Life = From age 7 they began training Lived in Barracks, coarse diet, hard exercise, Rigid Discipline Encouraged to steal food, but if caught, would be beaten "So seriously did Spartan children go about their stealing, that a boy, having stolen a young fox and hid it under his cloak, let it tear out his guts with its teeth and claws and died right there, rather than let it be seen."

5. Sparta cont. At 20 they would marry, but still live in the barracks till they were 30 at 30 they would become a member of the assembly and move in with their family Women would train to produce a healthy son women were able to own property and ran the home when men were off at war.

6. Sparta “Spartans are willing to die for their city, because they have no reason to live.”

7. Athens Many non-nobles wanted rights. As the amount of people who needed more rights grew, they moved towards a government of democracy Outlawed debt slavery granted citizenship to foreigners gave more say to general assembly or government of the people

8. Athenian Society Citizenship was very restricted, 10,000s of slaves worked to keep society going and educated and wealthy advancing women were seen as less then males and managed households Boys who could afford to go to school, learned to read, write, music, poetry, rhetoric, citizenship, and military tactics.

9. Persian Wars 500 BC, Persians demanded allegiance to Persia Greeks refuse and Persia attacks Marathon to Athens 26.2 miles Xerxes, King of Persia, attacks @ Thermopoylae (300 Movie) Thermopoylae Persia attacked with boats, but was tricked and defeated by a smaller, faster force of Greeks The victory would establish “alliance” or Delian League of Greek city-states