3-16-11

Today in class we watched the same movie about Ancient Greece to take more notes on.

 The people turned on their leader Cleisthenes in 508 B.C. in Greece and made a government for themselves. He was not a man of the people. An aristocrat is a member of the ruling class, and from an early age that's what he was said to be. Acropolis is the name of the big outcropping where Greece is. This was a really good place for a village because they could see their enemies coming for them from a distance. Life expectancy at birth was about 15 years at this time. The cirizens were slaves, but they might as well have been because they didn't have a lot of money. They were considered to be the "middle class".

  Egypt and Persia were the thriving civilizations. Greece was divided into city states because of all of the mountains, each with it's own culture. They didn't always get along. They would fight over trade dollars and mess with each other.The Corinthians dominated Greek trade. The state that had military power and were a threat to Greece was Sparta. Their lives centered around war and they had few possessions. Their cloaks were read to conceal their enemy's blood. Arate is the theory of doing the absolute best you can and taking pride in it. The Iliad (a story of the Trojan War) and the Odyssey were the most inspiring stories back then composed by Homer. Heroes were terrific achieves, determined to achieve success at all times. A tyrant was a person who overthrew the government.

  Pisistratus was Cleisthenes' brother-in-law. He was very intelligent and wanted to have power over Greece. He turned to the common Athenians and then rose to power. The eastern Mediterrean was the greatest markplace of the world. Everybody we willing to trade for Athenian oil. People traded gold, silver, fish, and other items for all around. The Athenian potters took great pride in their work, even though they weren't high in society.