Ancient Greek Movie

• Athens, in mainland Greece.

•  People were rebelling and demanding freedom from centuries  of oppression.

• Clisthenes- brought up from birth to be a ruler
• He was born around 570 BC
• Taught he was an aristocrat

• Athens is in the center of a Mediterranean peninsula ( now Greece)
• Town was built around a strong rock wall, easy to defend themselves against other enemies

• Life expectancy at birth was less than 15 years

• Common people lived under the rules of aristocrats
• Greece was divided into city-states
• Each very independent

• Sparta
• Spartans brought up from birth to be soldiers
• Raised in field
• Separated form families
• Life's around war
• Lived a life with few possessions except weapons and clothes
• Conquered more than 4,000 square miles

• Inspired by their stories, ancient myths

• Traveling men who were paid to recite there stories

• One man seizes control of government, called a tyrant

• Rise of pesitriites, see the more agriculture, more vines and olives

• Eastern Mediterranean, best market place
• Seemed like everyone had something to trade
• Athenians found their wealth to be on the rise

• The vase is Athens first artistic piece of history
• Not that important at the time

• Had the Olympic games
• The games were based of the powers of  gods
• No real prize just, the fame you would receive
• A woman could now race against a potter or other men
• Largest gathering of Greeks in peace
• 40,000 Greeks would gather

• How could Athens escape from all the violence elsewhere?

• Athens is now in control by everyone, the common, ordinary people that once they were in control they turned to one man, Clisthenes

• Started a system of democracy
• Gather every nine days to bring up issues and topics that they needed to discuss to build their economy