Ancient+Greece

Ancient Greece  1900 - 133 BC   By: Jacob Wasem and Cameron Pederson media type="custom" key="10818452" media type="custom" key="12040555" __5 Greek Terms__ Polis - a Greek city-state (central focus of Greeks life) in ancient greece were most people lived to get protection from other countries. Hoplites - heavily armed infantry soldiers, or foot soldiers in ancient greece that fought against other countries and empires. Democracy - a government by the people or rule of many. citizens voted for what they wanted done in their empire or country. Oligarchy - the rule by few over many used so that there would only be 1 or 2 rulers in Ancient Greece. Ostracism - a practice to protect themselves against overly ambitious politicians so that they wouldn't get overruled and be out of the government.

__5 Important People of Ancient Greece__ 1.King Leonidas- Spartan General at the Battle of Thermopyle, said "Tell the world O'Passer by that here, Obeying orders 300 Spartan lie!" 2.Xeres- son of Darius. Invaded Greece. Persian King during the Battle of Thermoplye that destroyed the 300 Spartans. 3. Homer- Blind poet. Wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey off the mythes and legends of great rulers in ancient Greece. 4.King Agamemnom- King of Mycenae. Greek leader in Trojan War. His wife Penelopie taken by a Prince from Troy 5.Minos-Legendary King of Crete. Created the legend of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth to scare of invaders invading Crete.

__Overview of Ancient Greece__ Ancient Greece had a huge peninsula and many islands. This geography was used to their advantage. The battle of Thermoplye took place in Greece. This was a huge advantage for the Spartans and Athenians. Thermoplye was the battle ground for the Persians againsts the Greeks. The Persians had 100,000 men fighting against 300 Spartans. The Spartans held the Persians off for two days. They were able to do that because Thermoplye was a narrow passageway to Athens which could be blocked very easily by 300 men. All in all the geography was a huge factor in the battle of Thermopyle.

There were many battles that influenced on ancient Greece history. First was the Trojan War. This war was over Helen, who was kidnapped by Paris a Trojan Prince. This war destroyed Troy when the Mycenaeans pretended to retreat but were in s wooden horse that the people in Troy braught into the city. This ended up with the Mycenaeans destroying Troy during the night. Later on was the Battle of Marathon. This was between the Athenians and the Persians. The Athenians won outnumbered by 20,000. This shows how powerful strong the Athenians were. 10 years later was the Battle of Thermopyle. This was a big battle for the Persians. If they were to win this battle they could go to Athens and conquor it. Which could have ended up with the Persians conquoring Greece. Luckly the Athenians had the Spartans help fight this battle. The Spartans had 300 men fighting against 100,000 Persians. The Spartans were so good that they lasted 2 days of battle. When the Persians were closing in, the Spartans let the Athenians flee to get more men. Which led to the Battle of Salamis. This was a battle in the Salamis strait. The Athenians Navy destroyed the Persian fleet. Later was the Battle of Plateu. This battle was most of all Greece, that united, against the Persians. After this was the Battle of Aegospotami. This was when Sparta destroyed Athens. After about 60 years was the Battle of Chaernea. This was when Athens and Thebes were conquered by the Macedonians. All in all there were many wars and battles that influenced ancient Greek history.

There were many people that influenced Greek Civilization. The first was King Minos who created the legend of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth. Then was King Agamemnon who lost his wife and started a war against Troy. After was Homer. He was a blind poet that created the Illiad and the Odyssey. Then were the Kings of Athens. The first king was Draco who created the code of laws. Second was Solon who was "The Law Giver", he abolished debtors slavery. Third wasPisistratus who was the "Champion of People", he gave land to the poor. Then was Cleisthenis who was foundation of Democracy. Those were the great kings of Athens. In Athens there was a lady name Aspasi. People back then called her the "1st Lady of Athens". She fought for the freedom for Athenian Women. Then was Xeres who was the son of Darius. Xeres wanted to conquor everything. his invasion force was up to 200,000 men. The same time in Sparta was King Leonidas. He was one of the greatest men in Ancient Greece. He was the general of the greatest fighting force in Greece. Then was Alexander the Great. He was called the King of Four Quarters of the World. This mean that he conquored most of the land around Greece. All in all there was many great people in Greece and the surroundings.


 * //"Tell the world O'Passer by that here, Obeying orders 300 Spartan lie!" - King Leonidas//**





__Timeline of Ancient Greece__ 2000-1450 BC - Minoan Civilization started, 1st Greek civilization to develop 1400 BC - Minoan Civilization collapsed, volcanic explosian 1250 BC - Trojan War, Mycenaeans vs. Troy 1100-750 BC - Dark Age, Dorian's a barbaric Greek tribe, evolve into Spartans and conquer Peloponnesus and Crete, becomes a period of decline 750 BC - Homer, a blind Greek poet writes the Illiad and the Odyssey 594 BC - Solon, "The Law Giver," abolished debtors slavery 508 BC - Athens, worlds 1st Democratic govt. 499 BC - Athens navy aids Ionian Greeks 492-479 BC - Persian Wars, Cyrus the 2nd (Persian king conquered Ionian Greek city-states  490 BC - Battle of Marathon, Darius invaded Greece, Athenians win outnumbered by 20,000, Athens finest hour

Peloponnesian War- this website gives a description on the Peloponnesian War and how it started Spartan Battles- gives and overview of how Sparta won and lost battles and wars Athens- the history of Athens and how it was named Persian Empire- talks about the Persian empire Ancient Greek Architecture - this website gives information on the architecture of ancient greece and describes the culture of ancient greece