1. Intro to Western Civilization

2. The 7 Themes of Western Civilization 1. Individualism 2. Bigger (and higher) is better 3. Man dominates nature 4. Separation of Church and State 5. Competition and Experimentation 6. Conversion and spreading of ideas 7. Equality of all people

3. Early Cultures ~ 5000 BCE moved from a nomadic hunter gatherer culture to a agricultural. ~3500 BCE came the Megalith architecture (demonstrated a sense of science and mathematic skills)

5. Classical Greece Civilization based on trade and expansion! The Illiad and the Odyssey based on the Trojan war that Greece won TOLD by Homer. Used as a basic textbook of classical Greek history and culture

6. Classical Greece ~400 BCE Democracy hits Athens City states developed called “Polis” Each polis contained an “Acropolis” which were public monuments/Temples dedicated to the Gods.

7. Classical Greece Each Polis held Olympic games honoring the Greek God “Zeus” 1 st recorded date of Olympic games ~776 BCE

8. Early Events Running Events Stadion – 600 ft. (182 meters) Dialous – 400 ft. (121 meters) Dolichos – 1400 ft. ( 426 meters) “Long Distance”

9. Early Events Long Jump Strapped halteres on their legs and tossed aside mid-jump.

10. Early Events Wrestling and Boxing large part of the games. Himantes used in boxing. When struck across the face with the hard, rough leather himantes, the resulting wounds could permanently deform features

11. Early Events Discus throw Pentathlon – Around 708 BCE Based on Spartan warrior techniques - archery, fencing, swimming, jumping and running.

12. Classical Greece Wars The Persian Wars – v. the Persian Empire (499 – 480 BCE) 300 Spartans hold out to give Greece time to amass their forces to defeat Persians. The Peloponnesian War – (431 – 404 BCE) Athens Vs. Sparta

13. Classical Greece Great Thinkers Socrates (470-399 BCE) Plato (424-348 BCE) Aristotle (384-322 BCE)

14. What is Philosophy? Personal Philosophy "philosophy is a system for guiding life and conduct" An example "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", "There is a sucker born every minute" What is your personal philosophy ?

15. Classical Greece Socrates Created the “Socratic Method” Would ask a series of questions, and continue the questioning until the listener either contradicted themselves or could no longer answer.

16. Classical Greece "The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Socrates Explain what you think is meant by the above quote

17. Classical Greece Plato Believed nothing material ever remains the same. To gain knowledge do not look at the material world, look at universal truths. These are called IDEAS!

18. Classical Greece Aristotle Studied and believed that the best government lay somewhere between a gov’t by a few and a democracy! (Oligarchy)