1. Classical Greece

2. The Polis
Each polis had an agora (market place) and acropolis (fortified citadel)

3. Forms of Government
Many different types (monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, tyrant, etc.)
Athens = Democracy
Draco, Solon, Cleisthenes
Sparta = Oligarchy
2 kings, 5 elected officials (ephors), Council, Assembly

4. Athens vs. Sparta Athens Sparta Large Population
Citizen, aliens, slaves
Democracy
Women = property
Male education important
Civic duty
Navy
Small population
Citizens, neighbors, helots
Oligarchy
Women = almost same power men
Male, Female Education Important
Obey, endure
Military

5. Greek Hoplite and Phalanx

6. Persian Wars Greece vs. Persia 3 Main Stages/Battles Outcome:
Battle Marathon
Battle Thermopoylae
Battle Salamis
Outcome:
Persia never attacked Greece again
Golden Age Athens

7. Athens “Golden/Classical Age”

8. Peloponnesian Wars Fast Facts… Source of information - Thucydides
“This day will be the beginning of great evils for the Greeks.”
Greeks called “the war b/w Peloponnesians and Athenians”
Lasted 27 years
Fighting ranged across Greek world
At wars end, “Golden Age” of Greece over

9. Why did the Peloponnesian war start? How did it end?
According to Thucydides…
“Spartan fear of the growth of Athenian Power”
Big Idea: War of Opposing Ideologies
“This day will be the beginning of great evils for the Greeks.”
Ended greatness Greece

10. Alexander the Great
Arguably one of the greatest military generals of all time
Father Philip II
Improved Phalanx
Created vast Empire
Ionian Sea to Himalaya Mts.
Responsible for preservation and diffusion of Hellenism