The rise of archaic Greece saw clan units grow into larger political units and marketplaces develop in Greek villages from 800 BCE onward. The main forms of government included democracy, oligarchy, monarchy, and tyranny. Democracy first emerged in Athens around 600 BCE. Greece experienced its height in the 5th century BCE during the Persian Wars, where the Greeks repelled the Persian invasions at battles like Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. However, conflicts between city-states and the rise of tyrants also contributed to Greece's fall.
The rise of archaic Greece saw clan units grow into larger political units and marketplaces develop in Greek villages from 800 BCE onward. The main forms of government included democracy, oligarchy, monarchy, and tyranny. Democracy first emerged in Athens around 600 BCE. Greece experienced its height in the 5th century BCE during the Persian Wars, where the Greeks repelled the Persian invasions at battles like Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. However, conflicts between city-states and the rise of tyrants also contributed to Greece's fall.
The rise of archaic Greece saw clan units grow into larger political units and marketplaces develop in Greek villages from 800 BCE onward. The main forms of government included democracy, oligarchy, monarchy, and tyranny. Democracy first emerged in Athens around 600 BCE. Greece experienced its height in the 5th century BCE during the Persian Wars, where the Greeks repelled the Persian invasions at battles like Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. However, conflicts between city-states and the rise of tyrants also contributed to Greece's fall.
The rise of archaic Greece saw clan units grow into larger political units and marketplaces develop in Greek villages from 800 BCE onward. The main forms of government included democracy, oligarchy, monarchy, and tyranny. Democracy first emerged in Athens around 600 BCE. Greece experienced its height in the 5th century BCE during the Persian Wars, where the Greeks repelled the Persian invasions at battles like Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. However, conflicts between city-states and the rise of tyrants also contributed to Greece's fall.
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Archaic Greece
Rise & Fall Rise Clan units of the dark ages slowly grew into larger political units (800 BCE.)
Marketplaces grew up in Greek villages and
communities began to gather. Government Four main types of governments:
Democracy: controlled by people
Oligarchy: run by a group of noble Monarchy: King and Queen Tyranny: Dictatorship
However, many cities-states
How could democracy come to Athen
Monarch(good king) began to turn bad
People called for reformation At that period, once Athen become democracy, Sparta had to get rid away from Athen due to domino effect. In the meantime, Persians were coming to attack. Ephors from Sparta persuaded Athens. Built up strong alliance with Sparta to go against Persian invasion. Draco and Draconian Law Fall Change of the Regulation. Conflicts between city-state. The invasion of Persia. Tyrants. Threshold to Persian The Persian Wars War refers to the conflict between Greece and Persia in the 5th century BCE
These were at Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, and
Plataea, all of which would become legendary.
The Greeks were, ultimately, victorious and their civilization
preserved. Milit ary -By the 5th century BCE the military courage of Sparta provided a model for all other states to follow.
-Athens and Thebes began to increase
their small army by the citizens.
-Most famous and important war were
the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian Wars, and the Corinthian Wars. Econ omy -Population increase tremendously after the Dark age. -Began to use coin -Trade wine pottery and perfume to North Africa and Europe - Trade tin, salt, slaves, wine, and pottery to Lydians, Phoenician, and Egyptians. - Bought wood, slaves, and dogs from North Africa - Bought glass, silk, papyrus from Lydians, Phoenician, and Egyptians Social structure -Greek Society was mainly broken -Slaves were used as servants and laborers, without any legal right. -Sometimes, the slaves were prisoners of war or bought from foreign slave traders.
-Although many slaves lived closely with their owners, few
were skilled craftsmen and even fewer were paid.
-The social classes applied to men only, unlike women.
INVENT IONS - Development of trireme - Red figure painting - Cartography - Concept of democracy - Olympic Games A rt - Archaic Greek was the period in which monumental sculpture was introduced to Greece, - The early part of the Archaic period saw distinctive orientalising influences, both in pottery and in sculpture. - The period was also an innovative period in Greek literature. Lang uage - Ancient Greek and Latin are the most important ancient language for speakers of English today. - The Greek language had many different dialects - Alexander the Great even took it into Asia Archite - cture -The best known of architecture is temple which are found throughout the region, mostly as ruins but many substantially intact.
- -The second important type of building that survives all over
the Hellenic world is the open are Theather. - Other architectural forms that are still in evidence are the processional gateway (propylon), the public square (agora) surrounded by storied colonnade (stoa), the town council building (bouleuterion), the public monument, and the monumental tomb (mausoleum). Geography The Important part of 5 Cities. Cities - Athens - Sparta - Olympia - Epidaurus - Delos Olympia - The Temple of Zeus - Located in the center of the city - Built for honour of the god Zeus - The project started in 470 BCE and end in 457 BCE - Made of local limestone Epidaurus - Epidaurus ancient Theater - Place for religious festivals and theater performance for the honor of god Delos - Many Temples and Statues dedicated to the Gods - City and Island with many temples dedicated to many different gods such as Apollo, Zeus, Artemis etc. - Has many building such as theater, monument, stadium etc. Corinth - Temple of Apollo - Built in Doric style - Built in 540 BCE - Made of limestone - Made for the god Apollo Religion - Papons slide During the ancient Greek period, people were polytheistic, believing in many gods. For example, Zeus was the god of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, and justice. Zeus lived at the Olympus mountain. Poseidon was the god of the sea, earthquakes, and storms.He lived at Olympus mountain and sea.Hades was the god of underworld and death He lived in the underworld. Their parents were Cronus and Rhea. E