Unit 5: Ancient Greece Review

Remember, farming was something not able to be easily done around the Mediterranean because of how mountainous these areas were/are! Trade of food was something important for these civilizations because in ensured their survival!

Remember, temple building was not exclusive to just the Ancient Greeks, we can observe temple building as far back as Mesopotamia! Aqueducts were not yet invented in Ancient Greece and is something we will see when studying Ancient Rome! Nature and Goddesses again are not exclusive to just Ancient Greece with early nature gods and goddesses developing around the Stone Ages!

Remember the Minoans developed on the island of Crete and had to trade to survive! Again, because they were on an island, the only way to trade was through sea travel!

Sparta was all about war! They would train future soldiers as early as 7 years old! Athens was all about knowledge, with the birth of philosophy and a focus on the arts being accentuated in this city-state!

This was all Alexander the Great! Remember, from an early age he was tutored by Greek philosopher Aristotle, who taught him a deep love for Greek Culture, which he would later spread when he conquered Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia!

Remember, Athens came up with democracy, which by principal, is a government for the people, by the people! In Democracy, citizens vote for their leaders and vote on different policies.

Remember, Sparta had an Oligarchy! They had a small group of people in control of their government!

Remember the example of majority rule we did in class! If we do a class vote on whether the class likes dogs or cats better and more than half the class votes dogs, that would make that portion of the class, the majority, and their votes are what comes down to the final decision. Because the majority voted dogs, than the majority rule for the class is going to be dogs, therefore deciding that dogs are "better" (my vote is still on cats though :p )

Remember, Greece is very mountainous, and while it does make for amazing breathtaking views, it does not make for good agriculture!

Remember, the Greeks got their alphabet from the Phoenicians! Through constant trade between the two civilizations, you see cultural diffusion as the Greeks adopt this alphabet and modify it with their own culture! The Greek alphabet is still used today in many different organizations and fields of studies!