Today's Class 3/21/13

Today in class we worked on our presentations. Mine Cameron's and Maddie's is about the Death of Alexander the Great. I wrote about how he was buried and what happened after he died. Maddie wrote about possible causes of death. And Cameron added pictures. I learned that when he was buried that he was laid in a gold tub filled with honey. Also he had a child on the way when he died and if it was a male he would grow up and be king.

Today's Class 3/20/13

In class today we went over the home work from Monday and I think i did petty well on it. Also we were put in groups for a project that we are doing on Alexander the Great. Olivia and I really really wanted to be in the same group but sadly Mr. Schick chose the groups. I am in a group with Cameron and Maddie. Our presentation is on the Death of Alexander the Great. The title of it is THE GREAT DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT!! I came up with hat name.

300 BC / Map / Athens in the War / 359 BC

By 300 BC the Greeks reached a new era witch was the Hellenistic era. During which they were the leading international culture but their way of life was also influence by the people that ruled. But the Greeks themselves had evolved from a barbarian people on civilizations northwest edge. They did this to become a more dominant civilization.

            During the war it was hard for either side to strike a decisive blow until the Athenians naval looses in Sicily. The also ran out of money and supplies from the still mighty Persian Empire. This enabled Sparta to build a navy the defeated Athens. But Athens soon formed an alliance of city-states to go over to the offensive, which most of the Greek city-states on the Aegean coast and islands eventually joined. Money was given to build triremes that went under Athens commands. They then gained command over several hundred ships. After the Persians excepted defeat the Athens forced its allies to keep sending money. The city-states of Greece were provoked by the Athenians. The city- states were usually run by oligarchies, but Athens insisted on being run by a Democracy. The course of the war, the Athenians, under the guidance of Pericles, at first showed caution and sound strategy. The Spartans, unbeatable on the battlefield but not equipped for siege warfare, often raided Attica but could not capture the city itself or cut its link to the sea.

In 359 BC, Macedonia came under the rule of King Philip II, a ruler of broad vision who was determined to gain control of the city-states and to lead the Greeks and Macedonians in a united force against barbarian peoples to the north, He strengthened his army and adopted Greek phalanx tactics, improving the weapons of his hoplites, and building up a stronger cavalry force than any city-state possessed. 

Notes For Chapter 4Test

IMPORTANT DATES:  In a sentence or two, describe what important or historical event took place on the following dates:

1600 – 1200 BC: Mycenean civilization

1150 – 750 BC- The Dark Ages

776 BC-Olympic games

750 – 700 BC-Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

508 BC-Athens takes over rulers and Isagaoris was involved and they turned to Cleisthenes

490 BC-Philipides runs from Persian attack to Marathon from Athens

480 BC-triremes were built and Athens beat the Persians in the Strait of Salames

461 – 429 BC-age of Paracles

447 – 438 BC-Parthenon was built

431 – 404 BC-Athens goes to war with Sparta (Peloponnesian) Paraclese died due to plague

399 BC-Socrates dies

336 BC-Alexander the Great created his empire

MEN, WOMEN, GODS AND GODDESSES YOU SHOULD KNOW:  In one or two sentences, describe what is significant about the following people (or immortals):

Homer- author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Odysseus- the main character in Odyssey, took 10 years to get home from the Trojan War

Zeus- father of the Gods

Athena- patron of Athens, Goddess of Wisdom

Draco- helped make the Greek laws

Solon- law maker, statesmen and poet

Pisistratus- came into Athens with Athena and took over and turned to the commoners

Cleisthenes- was an aristocrat and fought Persia but got thrown out

Darius (the Great)- king of Persia at time of the battle of Marathon

Xerxes- Darius’ son and wanted to get revenge on Athens

Pheidippides- ran the marathon and ran to Sparta but they said no

Themistocles- a normal guy who told the people of Athens to build 200 triremes with the silver they had found because they were going to go to war with the Persians; he was later ostracized  

Pericles- ruler of Athens, built the Parthenon, and in 431 B.C. came up with a plan to go to war with Sparta and to hide behind massive walls while they were to attack at sea. he died in 429.B.C due to the plague after 6 months with the disease  

Socrates- a man who invented the idea of deciding things on good and bad, to ask questions in order to get a response to your own question, and replacing the Gods with logic. he was killed in 399 B.C due to hemlock after being accused of corrupting Athens youth and undermining state religion HE SAID: "the unexamined life isn't worth living"

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION:  Be able to locate the following on a map:

Athens                         Sparta                                      Peloponnesus                          Ionia

Ionian Sea                               Aegean Sea                             Persian Empire

GREEK POLITICAL STRUCTURES: Describe these political institutions:

Monarchy- have a king(if he dies, the son takes over)   

Democracy-everyone making a vote on an issue                  

Oligarchy-a group making decisions usually elders        

Aristocracy- the aristocrats having all the power 

PERICLES’ THREE GOALS FOR ATHENS: build the parthanon, wanted to go to war with sparta to be the greatest city state in Greece, and 

GREEK ART: Identify and describe examples in these fields:

Sculpture-they created figureens out of different materials like marble or clay like the 40 foot high gold and ivory statue of Athena in the Parthenon       

Architecture- building things like buildings and structures like the Parthenon to show how great and talented Athens was        

Drama (tragedy and comedy)-the first theater was in the acropolis and civilians went twice a year for festivels and to watch plays; tragedies told stories of great men falling from great heights and loosing everything.