Germanic Kingdoms Unite Under Charlemagne

 

We have a test tomorrow

 

Middle ages = AD 476 – AD 1453

New Society

Classical heritage of Rome

Beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church

Customs of various Germanic tribes

Overrun the Western half of the Roman Empire

Causing: Disruption of trade, downfall of cities, population shifts to rural areas

Tribes had oral tradition, songs, but couldn’t read Greek or Latin

Romance languages evolve, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italy

Few besides priest were literate

Germanic Kingdoms Emerge: AD 400 -600

Germanic warrior’s loyalty is to be to the Lord of the manor he provides everything basically. 

Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul: known as the Franks

In 496 he has a battlefield conversion – he and 3000 of his warriors become Christians

The Church in Rome likes this by 511 the Franks are united into one kingdom, with Clovis and the Church working as partners

Church + Franks = Rise in Christianity

In 520, Benedict writes rules for monks

Vows of poverty which meant they live simply in poverty

Chastity no material relations

Obedience listen to Church superiors 

Pope Gregory 1 goes secular

 

GKUUC Again...........

Germanic Kingdoms Unite Under Charlemagne

The reason why many people are Holy Christians to this day

Middle ages = medieval period 476 - 1453 AD

476 - The roman empire broke up, Romulus Augustus was tolled to step down

1453 - Constantinople conquered by the Turks

This new society has roots in classical heritage of Rome, beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, customs of various Germanic tribes

5th Century Germanic invaders

Overrun the Western half of the Roman Empire

Causing - disruption of trade, downfall of cities, population shifts to rural areas

Effects of Invasion

Decline of learning

Tribes had oral tradition, songs, but couldn't read Greek of Latin

Romance languages evolve ( French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian )

Few besides Priests were literate

Germanic Kingdoms emerge : AD 400 - 600

Germanic warriors loyalty is to the Lord of the Manor he provides them with food, weapons, treasure

Result :

No orderly government for larger areas , small communities rule

Clovis rules the Franks

Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul, know as the Franks which is where France comes from

In 496 he has a battlefield conversion - he and 3000 of his warriors become Christians

The church in Rome likes this

By 511 the Franks are united into one Kingdom, with Clovis and the Church working as partners

Spread of Christianity

Church + Frankish rulers = rise in Christianity

In 520, Benedict writes rules for monks :

Vows of poverty ( live simply in monasteries )

Chastity ( no marital relations )

obedience ( listen to church superiors )

His sister Sholastica writes similar rulers for nuns, they are school teachers, maintain libraries and copy books

Pope Gregory 1

Church = Government

This is a theocracy

Gregory's spiritual kingdom extends from Italy to England, From Spanish to Germany

Who's Running Europe ?

Clovis rules the franks in Gaul until his death in 5111

Most of the rest of Europe consists of smaller kingdoms

Clovis descendants include Charles Martel, know as Charles the Hammer

Hammer defeats a Muslim raiding party from Spain at the Battle of Tours in 732

If the Muslims had won this battle they would of have runned through all of Europe and take it over and Christians may turn into Muslims

How do you the follow the Hammer ?

Charles Martel's son is Pepin the Short

He works with the Church and is named " King by the grace of God " by the Pope

Pepin the Short dies in 768, leaving two sons

Son # 1 - Carloman - dies in 771

Son # 2 is Charles, know as Charlemagne, meaning Charles the Great

Six feet four inches or rocking ruling warrior greatness

GKUUC Cont.....

 A European Empire Evolves

Franks control largest European Kingdom

The Roman province formerly know as Gaul
Ruled by Clovis - the Merovingian Dynasty

Major domo - Mayor of the palace - ruled the kingdom

Now on to your child hood till high school.

Today you told us this weird story about how when you were little he flooded a bath room in a Greek Orthodox school, then how you through Gumbie or some name like that I don't know how to spell it to be honest. And that would be really cool if you have became a priest I can only imagine Father Schick that is so awesome.

I was a little worried about that tornado that hit you guys when you were little, I mean there's nothing that you could do about it but still.

GKUUC

Germanic Kingdoms Unite Under Charlemagne

Many Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the Roman Empire were reunited under Charlemagne's empire

Charlemagne spread Christian civilization throughout  northern Europe, which is where many of us came from

Middle Ages - medieval period
500 - 1500 AD   Medieval Europe is fragmented

Invasions trigger changes in western Europe

Invasions and constant war fare spark new trends

Disruption of trade
Europe's cities are no longer economic
Many is scare

Downfall of cities
Cities are no longer centers of administration

Population shifts
Nobles retreat to the rural areas
Cities don't have strong leadership

Decline of learning

Germanic invaders are illiterate, but they communicate through oral tradition
Only priest and church officials could read and write
Knowledge of Greek ( literature, science, math etc. ) is almost lost

Loss of a common language

Dialects develop in different religions
By the 800s, French, Spanish and other Roman based languages are evolving from Latin

Germanic kingdoms emerge

The concept of government changes

Roman society: loyal to public government

Germanic society: loyal to family
Germanic chief led warriors
During peace, he provided food, weapons, treasure, a place to live ( the lords hall )
During wartime, warriors, warriors fought for the lord

" Who's are King ? ''

Franks live in the Roman providence of Gaul - their leader is Clovis

The Franks under Clovis
Another battlefield conversion ( Just like Constantine )
Clovis and 3000 of his warriors are baptized by the bishop
The Church in Rome approves of this " alliance "
Clovis and the Church begin to work together

A simple mathematical equation :

Clovis' military experience + Church's support and money = A strategic alliance between two powerful forces

Germanic peoples adopt Christianity

511 AD - Clovis unites Franks into one kingdom
600 AD - Church + Frankish rulers convert many people
Fear of Muslims in Southern Europe spur many to become Christians

Monasteries and Convents
520 AD - Benedict wrote the rules for the monks and monasteries
Poverty, chastity, obedience, study

His sister Scholastic did the same for nuns in convents

731 AD - the Venerable Bede wrote a killer history of England

Monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books ( Bibles, Greek text )  

Pope Gregory 1 expands papal power
Papacy = Popes office
Secular power = worldly power
Under Gregory the Great

Papal power ( Power the Pope ) is Political Power, Presented from the Pope's Palace

The Church can use Church money to :

Raise armies
Repair roads
Help the poor

Gregory the Great began to act as mayor of Rome, and as head of an earthly kingdom ( Christendom )

Middle Ages

Feudalism - a political, military and economic system based on land - holding and protective alliances

In other words: the system is based on personal loyalty to people who can help you

Lord - I own land and I need people to help me work it and defend it

Vassals - There is a lot of us, we can help the rich people hold on to their land



King

Vassals ( Nobles and Bishops )

Knights - mounted warriors who receive fiefs for defending their lords land \

Peasants ( Mostly Serfs )
Landless, powerless, moneyless, rights - less, just working the land for " the man " the lord

Manor - the lords estate

 The lords manor house
A church
Some workshops
15 - 30 families
All on a few square miles

Good news : Its a self - sufficient community
Bad news : Its harsh if you're a peasant

Peasants are poor and pay high taxes

Tax on grain
Tax on marriage
Church tax ( tithe = 10% of their income )

They live in crowed cottages
Live with animals and insects
eat very simply

The church says this is your lot in life

No wifi last night

I'm Sorry I'm posting this today and not last night but I didn't have no internet connection so there my wifi was down and my dad called Verizon and they got it working again but it didn't start working again till this morning.

Yesterday we had are test. I got a 68% I actually studied this for this test and I didn't think I got a 68 on it I was thinking a low B or a high C but oh well I hope theres a next test so I can get my grade up as much as possible.

I hope we study more on the Byzantine Empire cause I have family traced all the way back there and I find it really interesting to. The Byzantine Empire is mainly Greek Orthodox with Russian, Syria, Romania and a little bit of Rome in it to because the people of Trukey aren't Christians even though the capital was there.

Rome Again

Diocletian

He ruled from 284 – 303

It’s cool to persecute Christians

Rome needs a big army (400,000 strong)

Rome needs a big government 9 20, 00 officials)

 

Constantine

Rules from 306 – 337

It’s cool to BE a Christian \

Conversion to Christianity

Via a cross in the sky 9 conquer by this)

313 – His Edict of Milan proclaims freedom of worship

Built a new capital in the East

Byzantium, soon to be known as Constantinople

 

East – Byzantine Empire

West – Roman Empire

 

Edict of Milan, a proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. It was the outcome of a political agreement concluded in Milan between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius in February 313. The proclamation, made for the East by Licinius in June 313, granted all persons freedom to worship whatever deity they pleased, assured Christians of legal rights (including the right to organize churches), and directed the prompt return to Christians of confiscated property. Previous edicts of toleration had been as short-lived as the regimes that sanctioned them, but this time the edict effectively established religious toleration.

 

 

Jesus Christ

I was absent on Wednesday!!

Rise of Christianity
Jesus spends 3 years preaching and then later put to death and his followers believe he is the Messiah and that he has rose from the dead. Saul, becomes Paul and spreading the message, one true God and no Roman Gods. Christianity evolves from cult status to establish, official structure. Priest, Bishops, Pope ( Bishop of Rome ) .

Hardly anybody believe in Roman Gods and all the other Romans started to believe in Christianity and the Romans were gone. You don't want to publicly tell everybody your a Christian because you will die because the emperor stills believe in the Romans Gods who don't exist there just basically myths.

Christians and Jews are monotheistic the believing in one God, this was a conflict with Roman beliefs, persecution between the both was really common and as it grew even some Roman leaders embraced Christianity.

With in 200 years of Christ dying more than 10% of all Romans became Christians. Constantine had a battlefield conversion, he issues the Edict of Milan, not only no persecution but actually approve its an official religion of Rome. Emperor of Rome and the bishops were linked and were sharing ideas and helping each other out.

Homework read pg. 123 " The Changing World of Rome "

Rome

Patrician - a upper class person, powerful
Plebeian - common people, workers, farmers
Senate - a group of 300 patricians
Consuls - Two people, they have veto power over each other
Tribunes - leader of the plebeians assembly
Twelve Tables - the laws of Rome posted were everyone could see them on a Forum
Most important modern document, The United States Constitution, Senate / Assemblies / - US Senate / House Reps Consuls / Dictator - President of the US
Senate could act like judges - like our Supreme Court
Why could the rich only serve in the Senate ?
Members not paid, but worked their way up from low ranking magistrates to higher ones. They needed to spend a lot to look good, popular, and powerful, making them electable. Plebes couldn't afford to do that.
The kings who ruled between 600 and 500 BC ordered the building of the Forum, Rome's political center.

Rome

Octavian or Caesar Augustus - First emperor at the age of B
Began the Pax Romana ( Peace ) Built roads, aqueducts
Tiberius adopted a grandson - Caligula
Caligula - Freedom of speech, military bonus fight the senate, claimed to be God, displayed his face on statues in Jewish temples and Roman, slept with other man wife's, killed by own aides, AD 41 ( 28 )
Claudius - conquered land, extended roads, canals, aqueducts renovated the Circus Maximus
Rome was harsh and cruel to Christians and Jewish people

Rome

Octavian was later called Augustus after his triumph AT Actium the senate called him that. Unlike Caesar, Augustus refused the offer of a long - term dictatorship and referred to himself simply as princeps which means first citizen. Augustus was convinced that if Rome's new peace and stability were to last, the changes he had made in its government system must continue after his death.

The rise of Latin began with a Greek ex slave, Livius Andronicus, who in the third century bc translated Homers Odyssey and several Greek dramas. Very Soon Roman authors began to write in the forms of literature like the Greeks and the Latin's did.

The first Greek writer to encounter Rome was Polbius, who came to Rome as a hostage in the course to conquest Greece during the second century bc

Today

I don’t think I deserve a 86% on that project thing, at least a 90% because you say that we didn’t have a lot of information in it, no it had information in it, we described the three Punic wars, the Tiber river, Julius Caesar, the governments they had and yes I understand your point of it was more funny and stupid but don’t say it didn’t have any information in it because it did and sure are thing didn’t work okay, were sorry but still we made a PowerPoint that you didn’t want to see and are video was a little more than four minutes.

 

Julius Caesar

Was stabbed 23 times to death

A great motivator

Emperor of Rome

Head on a coin

Conquered lots of land

 

Octavian – Caesar Augustus

Begins the Pax Romana, Roman Peace   

Built roads

Set up civil service to take care of roads

Augustus dies at the age of 76 AD 14 and passes his power to…

 

Jesus to Christianity

Jesus was a Roman citizen and practing as a Jew

At 30, he began his ministry, preaching to the poor and reaching out to the outsiders

Rome

PG 95 - 97


The Punic Wars were waged on land and sea in three vicious rounds between 264 and 146 BC. Romans were forced to push Carthage out of Sicily, but North Africa kept the rest of its empire. General Hannibal conquered Italy and defeated other Roman armies. They later lost all the battles and Carthage was unarmed and helpless forced to give up. The Romans also controlled the hole Mediterranean parts of Egypt, and parts of Turkey. They lasts over 100 years and they there down fall ended before the medieval ages when it spit in half from the Byzantine and Roman empire. The Romans had many sources by their side, Rome was in the center of the Mediterranean. They created the first legit rode and the rode latest really long so the soldiers can walk around there empire.

Rome again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

They had a brand new Government called a Republic. It has three governments rolled into one, democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy.  They have over 5000 soldiers in there army not even for money. They would use a shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic, they fought against Carthage in wars that were called the Punic wars. Rome was the most power empire in the world at one point, he was even bigger than the Persian Empire and the Greek empire. The Romans controlled the hole Mediterranean parts of Egypt, and parts of Turkey. They lasts over 100 years and they there down fall ended before the medieval ages when it spit in half from the Byzantine and Roman empire. The Romans had many sources by their side, Rome was in the center of the Mediterranean. They created the first legit rode and the rode latest really long so the soldiers can walk around there empire.

Rome!

Personally I think Rome are copiers of Greece but that's my opinion, and I say that because they have similar of everything from us. Similar Gods, buildings, foods, just a bunch of copiers. The book says they borrowed but everyone knows there were jealous and they copied. Around 500 BC Rome overthrown Etruscan Rule, 450 BC the 12 tables were written the first Roman legal code. Then a few hundred years later the Punic Wars begin, they were between Rome and Carthage. in 202 BC Rome wins control of western Mediterranean. The Romans were shrewdly generous in their treatment of defeated enemies. More often than not, these were given the status of allies, keeping there local laws, government systems, and armies under ultimate Roman authority. The Romans also tightened there control over the Italian peninsula by creating a network of colonies of settlers of Rome.

Answers

D Mostly Fertile land
B 3/4
E The word came from the Greek '' barbaros'' which meant Non-Greek
C Massive rough cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs
E all of these
D all of these
D Phoenicians
E USA
B Aegean Sea
A Mediterranean Sea
B potatoes, vines, olives
A Mycenaean's
D Persians
 B Minoan
D dark ages
B Egyptians
D all of these
A colonies
D nations
D tyranny
A democracy
B monarchy
C oligarchy
C oligarchy
A seven
A Athens
A Parthenon
E Peloponnesus
E triremes
B hoplites

1. 1100 - 750bc
2. The Iliad and Odyssey
3. Levant
4.

Mr. Schick was not here once again because he was sick and I don't know why but I really hope you get better and come back soon! Is there a test or a quiz on Greece coming up, I don't know why I'm asking I just got this feeling that there is, I love ancient Greece because I think that it is so fascinating and the best topic of the ancient world. I don't like cyber days and I really don't want another one to be honest.

Presented are project

Today in class we continued watching the videos. We watched some really cool ones that were very creative and also they're were some funny ones but all in all they were really good. and we presented are project to the class, we did are project on Ancient Sparta and I think we did really good because we have a commercial and a PowerPoint and a story board, it was really good. At least I thought so. I think I might get an A or even a 100% that would be so awesome. I really don't know what much to say but oh well. The rest of my day was fine in case you were wondering but you probably weren't haha.

Project

Today in class we worked on our project, we re-filmed the hole thing, because we thought it was bad. It looks a lot better now the fact that we have music and it doesn't look like crap. I get to kill Sung Lee its so cool and he also gets to be a girl, the best commercial ever. Me and Sung are the actors and Ryan is the narrator and Kap is the camera man. You will die when you see are storyboard and find our video the best thing in the world. I miss you Mr. Schick we all miss you Our whole class misses you and we want you to get better as soon as possible. Anyway today in Mr. Schick's class we had two different teachers. We had Mr. Bolden second and I can't quite remember who we had first, but she was cool as well. We worked on our storyboard and video again just to touch up  on some stuff. I think that we will do pretty well.

Greece

I read about how the Greeks artisan skills are still being used today and how the Greeks how a strong military thanks to Sparta. Sparta was its own city-state. They lived pretty close but also pretty far from Athens. They had a really strong military power because they would train young boys at the age of 8 to fight and to kill, and once they reached 21 they has a final test and that was to kill an animal in a one on one with a sword, and if they did that then they were officially a Spartan and if that boy was to die then he would be a disgrace to his family but very few died like 1/20 died. If you became a Spartan you were officially a man. You were responsible for defending Greece and Sparta. The Spartans would wear a red rode with body armor on top of that. The red was for this reason if a Spartan was to die in war the enemy could not see Spartan blood. The Spartans were very skilled people they believed in fight face to face and not arrows because that means your a coward and its like a cheap kill. Only the Athenians and other Greeks used arrows. All Greek armies including the Spartans fight for land when the Persians came and conquer us for awhile and then the Greeks fought back. We beat them in the sea and by land. The Persians out numbered the Spartans and killed them at Thermopylae, but the Spartans were holding them and killing as many men as long as they could until they died by arrows. After they died they went to kill the other Greek army, but they failed the Athenians a few Spartans and other Greeks pushed the Persians and killing and pushing them back into there land a broke the bridge from Greece to there land. The Greeks once believed in these made up Gods but now they are Christians or followers of Christ. And I myself am a Greek Orthodox Christian.   

Greece again!!!

Athens and Sparta were each about the same size as a couple of US counties.
Greek city-states developed at the same time that Assyrians were reaching power at Mesopotamia.
-Tribal communities of the Dark Ages turned into city-states

            -Greek city-states were small, usually of no more than a town and a few square miles surrounding it

        -Usually each town or city-state consisted of a couple thousand, while Athens may have reached as many as 250,000

            -Both fortresses and temples were vitally important to the Greek city-states

            -Fiercely competitive communities that often fought

            -Each community would worship a god or goddess (Athens- Athena)

City-States

            -Greece was not controlled by a universal empire, allowing the city-states to fight among themselves

            -Couldn’t afford professional soldiers so they relied on infantry armies from their own males

            -For the males who could afford it, they would equip themselves with bronze helmets and armor, long spears with iron blades and short iron swords

            -Poorer citizens fought as light-armed infantry, annoying the enemy before the stronger part of the army would attack

            -Each city-state was thought to be developed by families or clans descended by a divine or semidivine founder (Athens- King Theseus- Son of Poseidon)

            -Most of citizens claimed to be offspring of common forefathers

            -Status of father determined that of his children

            -There was no reason to fight in an individual state because they were all related somehow

 

Sparta

   -Spartans were descendants of Greeks who conquered the southern mainland

            -They would push west for rich soil

            -Spartan citizens were outnumbered ten to one with noncitizens

            -To hold the helots, Spartans would have to have a government that allowed domination from their own kind

            -Main executive authority were five officials elected annually, and they were usually elder

            -Their way of life dedicated male citizens to the state

            -The males were made as warriors

            -At age of seven boys were taken from their families and would go on an extreme life of physical and military training

            -They were allowed to marry after 20, and bachelors were punished

            -Even married men were required to live in barracks until the age of thirty

            -Women would also have to go into physical drills to become healthy and child-bearing women

            -But they were given more freedom from the state

            -Women were praised if they gave great military ideas

            -After the Spartans were starting to lose battles, Aristotle said that women were useless for war, so trying to protect the Spartans tough life, they tried to seal off their state due to the fact that there best trait, war, was losing out

            -Most Spartans would pay to have their system stay as is

            -With this system, Spartans were the dominant city-state of mainland Greece

Athens

            -According to the Athenians the Spartan way of life was pointless

            -A joke made was the fact that Spartan life would lead to death

            -Athens was not agricultural and landlocked like Sparta but rather carried on prosperous commerce and access to the sea

            -Sparta- army and Athens- navy

            -Sparta- closed and controlled: Athens- open and free

            -But even though Athens was peace and freedom like they were also warlike

            -Over a few centuries Athens was one of the most wealthy and powerful states

            -Citizens, immigrants, and slaves worked together to make weapons, pottery, and articles of silver, lead, and marble

            -These products would be shipped to various places

            -Athenian aristocrats were proud to be excellent humans

            -Their families would marry mostly among themselves

            -The boys were physically fit in anything and at age of 18 assigned to two years of military and civic training

            -They were outstanding in body and mind

            -Even some aristocrat girls would get an education

            -Athens went through many stages of government

            -After democracy was made there were two turning points in life of Athens and Greece

            -First was Persian wars which Athens lead Greece to victory, and then it came to the Golden Age (460 B.C. - 430 B.C.)

            -This time was when Athens were confident, strong, powerful and most successful in all Greece but it was cut short cause of the Peloponnesian wars

            -This war was between Athens and Sparta in which Athens was defeated and never grew back the same confidence

            -In the Sixth Century B.C. the Persians were the first universal empire to attack Greece

            -They conquered Greece until revolutions were made by the Athenians causing Darius I to conquer mainland Greece

            -Son of Darius, Xerxes, sent two expeditions by land and sea to conquer Greece

            -The first was stopped by Athens at Marathon in 490 B.C.

            -Second was stopped ten years later in Salamis near Athens in which Athenian ships destroyed the Persian ships

            -On land a small Spartan force would hold Xerxes and his army in their suicidal stand at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. but the main portion of Spartan armies would defeat the Persians at Plataea

            -Athens would liberate the Greeks of Anatolia in 445 B.C. forcing Persia to make peace

            -Democracy was their only way to survive and thrive at the same time

            -In Athenian Democracy power would rest in adult male citizens

            -Any decision made was made through the Assembly

            -Meetings were held once a week and less than five thousand would attend

            -Meeting place was first at agora but later at a hill called the Pynx

            -Voting was by show of hands

            -Debates were very spirited and this way of government lead to many governments present today

            -To keep balance the people of the government (Council of five-hundred and one thousand public officials that it supervised) were chosen by lot

            -Ten generals were voted each year to command the armies and navies

            -Cause of the amount of general’s, military takeover of power was a very small chance

            -For a court each trial was made up of a draw of five-hundred men from a list

            -This would guarantee a broad judgment of the crime

            -There were no lawyers and every citizen would argue their own case

            -Women power was the same as most other places

            -If the woman was to leave the house she would be escorted by a close male relative

            -They were protected more though by close male companions

            -They were important when it came to worshipping gods and goddesses

            -The fifty thousand or so resident aliens were a varied group

            -They could be wealthy men to slaves, independent women to owner of stores

            -The hundred thousand group of slaves were also diverse

            -Some could get and education and were likely freed in the owners will

            -While some slaves were treated fairly there were many others who were not

            -Athenian laws concerning aliens, slaves, and women were not a part of democracy

Ancient Greek Words

-Polis- Greek City- State

-Politēs- Citizen

-Dēmos- Common People

-Ephors- Overseers

-Agora- Marketplace

-Stratēgoi- Force Commanders

-Hataerae- Female Companions

Vocabulary

            -Colony-a new city-state settled in an oversea territory by a group sponsored by a city-state elsewhere

            -Oracle-a priest or a priestess who was believed to give answers that were inspired by a god or goddess to questions from worshipers at a temple

            -Acropolis-the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town

            -Hoplite-a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece

            -Phalanx-a unit of several hundred hoplites, who closed ranks by joining shields when approaching the enemy

            -Monarchy-a state in which supreme power is held by a single, usually heredity ruler

            -Oligarchy-a state in which supreme power is held by a small group

            -Triremes-massive fighting vessels with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships

            -Tyranny-rule by a self-proclaimed dictator

            -Democracy-a form of government in which all adult male citizens were entitled to take part in decision making

            -Helots-noncitizens forced to work for landholders in the ancient city-state of Sparta

            -Aristocrats-members of prominent and long-established Athenian families

            -Ostracism-banishment for ten years by majority vote of the Athenian Assembly

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient Greece

Approximately 20% suitable for farming

Fertile valleys cover ¼ of peninsula

Mycenaean’s began around 2000bc

Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20ft thick wall

Mycenae kings dominated Greece from 1600 – 2000bc

Controlled all trade in the region

Mediterranean – Middle of the earth

1400bc Mycenaean’s invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language

Around in 1200bc Sea people began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace

The Dorian’s moved into the war – torn region

-Far less advanced

-Economy collapsed

-Writing disappeared for 400 years

Myths

Stories were passed on by the word of mouth

Homer lived at the end of the Greek dark ages

Recorded stories of the Trojan War in The lliad and the Odyssey 

Written 750 – 700bc

Trojan War was probably one of the last conquest of the Mycenaean’s

Odyssey was 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter

Greece is the reason where the United States is today because are law came from Greece and most buildings are based off of Ancient Greek buildings

LO3, Greece

City-State = Polis

Fortress-Temple precinct = Acropolis

Athens and Sparta each cities of Greece, about the same size as a few United States counties, the population of both town and country ordinarily numbered between a few thousand, Athens may as reached as many as 250,000 thousand people. To the Athenians, the Sparta life was not worth living. One of their favorite jokes was that the life led by Spartans explained their willingness to face death. The Spartans cultivated physical fitness and military courage. Sparta had the more powerful army, and Athenians had a very excellent navy. Together the both of them helped each other out when the enemy came to them and wanted to conquer Greece. The Persian Wars, Darius and later his son Xerxes, sent two expeditions by the land and sea against the mainland Greeks. The Persians lost the first battle at Marathon against the Greeks in 490bc. Ten years later, in a sea battle off the island of Salamis near Athens, the Athenian navy smashed all Persian ships. On land, Spartans forced help up Xerxes army in their renowned suicidal stand at Thermopylae in 480bc. The main body of the Spartans hoplites later routed the Persians in the pivotal land battle of Plataea. But it was Athens that went on to liberate the Greeks of Anatolia from Persian rule and by 445bc the Athenians were controlling the Aegean and parts of the Mediterranean seas. The Greeks and the Persians made peace after the Greeks chased them back into there land and destroyed there bridges over the rivers to Greece.     

Ancient Greece

Ancient Barbarians

• had a distinctive way of life that focused on farming and warfare
• about 2000 b.c. they moved to southeastern Europe
• The Greeks shared knowledge and adjusted to barbarians way of life

Ancient Greeks

• first civilization in 800 b.c.
•  was influenced by the barbarians
• the Greeks started having ideas
• art forms
• types of government
• their influence has still lasted to todays world
• were the first to practice in citizen government
• colonized the northern coastlands of the Mediterranean sea
• Italians loved their way of life and modeled their civilization after the Greeks
• innovators in:
• warfare
• developing methods of fighting by land and sea
• shortly after 500 b.c.
• enabled them to keep independence against Persia
• universal leaders of the time
• Greeks would eventually replace them

Vocabulary Terms

•    Barbarian- a term used to describe the distinctive way of life based on farming, warfare, and tribal organization that became widespread in Europe beginning around 2500 b.c.
• Megaliths- Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs
• Tribe- a social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interest, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship

The Early Europeans

• by 4000 b.c. farming and village life had spread thought the continent
•  this brought population and wealth
• 3500 b.c. there were people in in western Europe who could construct ceremonial monuments consisting of circles and rows of huge upright boulders, tombs and fortification
• 3500 b.c. megalithic structures constructed in Europe
• 2500 b.c. Indo-European nomads from the steppes migrate into Europe; European barbarian way of life evolves
• 2200 b.c. Minoan civilization takes root in Crete; Greeks arrive in southeastern Europe
• 1600 b.c. Greek fortified settlements along the Aegean develop Mycenaean civilization
• 1400 b.c. Destruction of Minoan towns
• 1200 b.c. Mycenaean civilization falls; beginning the "dark ages" of Greek History
• 800 b.c. Recovery in the Aegean; Greek city-states form
• 494-445 b.c. Persian wars
• 460-430 b.c. Golden Age of Athens

I will make it my life goal to find out how Stonehenge, its really tall and there is rocks on top of them, I cant imagine how people could of done that. Maybe aliens did help them I mean the Egyptians have aliens drawn in there pictures. So maybe there is aliens that we don't know about. But I will find out how Stonehenge was made, and that is a promise.   

class today

Today we got our test back. I got a 68% oh well I still have a good grade next time I should of study more. We didn't really do anything in class today all we did was review through the test and I showed you my completed pyramid. It took me forever to get it, I got my dad and mom to help me nope they couldn't get it either, I actually completed it this morning with Devin Darrington he was helping me and he got it in the first try. He was so lucky he got it I really thought he was going to do it because he did the nile expedition and not skipping and he finished it n 25 days. He was so lucky I cant stressed that enough. Oh well im just I finished it to be honest. Honestly please don't give me any more of those because I will fail it and trust me I will I know I will.

Ancient Greece!

We took our test today and I'm not sure how good or how bad I did on it, I will have to wait until tomorrow. Anyway after that we read about Ancient Greece. I from Greece and my grandparents and about 15 of my cousins live there. I read about how the Greeks artisan skills are still being used today and how the Greeks how a strong military thanks to Sparta. Sparta was its own city-state. They lived pretty close but also pretty far from Athens. They had a really strong military power because they would train young boys at the age of 8 to fight and to kill, and once they reached 21 they has a final test and that was to kill an animal in a one on one with a sword, and if they did that then they were officially a Spartan and if that boy was to die then he would be a disgrace to his family but very few died like 1/20 died. If you became a Spartan you were officially a man. You were responsible for defending Greece and Sparta. The Spartans would wear a red rode with body armor on top of that. The red was for this reason if a Spartan was to die in war the enemy could not see Spartan blood. The Spartans were very skilled people they believed in fight face to face and not arrows because that means your a coward and its like a cheap kill. Only the Athenians and other Greeks used arrows. All Greek armies including the Spartans fight for land when the Persians came and conquer us for awhile and then the Greeks fought back. We beat them in the sea and by land. The Persians out numbered the Spartans and killed them at Thermopylae, but the Spartans were holding them and killing as many men as long as they could until they died by arrows. After they died they went to kill the other Greek army, but they failed the Athenians a few Spartans and other Greeks pushed the Persians and killing and pushing them back into there land a broke the bridge from Greece to there land. The Greeks once believed in these made up Gods but now they are Christians or followers of Christ. And I myself am a Greek Orthodox Christian.   

West Civ Answers

Short Answer A:  Name and describe three technological innovations or inventions of the ancient Egyptians.

Short Answer B:  Describe three important features of the Egyptian pyramids.



The Egyptian Soldiers would use wooden weapons with bronzed tips for higher impact on the enemy or more damage depending on how it was use. These weapons with bronze tips was a technology out burst because this weapon with just wood will hurt, depending on how it was use maybe not kill you but now that they have bronze weapons they can kill an enemy with out any doubt. So therefore using bronze tips on there weapons was a very smart idea on Egypt's part.    
The second technology advance is that they have chariots with wheels, that is an awesome because it is good for war or for transportation purposes for trading goods or other stuff. The last technology advance is the pyramid. They have pyramids for religious reasons they burry there Pharaohs because wants they die they will become Gods so that's why they burry all of there pharaohs in the pyramids.


The pyramids are very good aspects of Ancient Egypt because they are tombs for there Pharaohs. One important feature is that they are very artistic inside there are drawings everywhere its a beautiful sight. They are drawings of the pharaoh or something that they did or just plane drawings or something. The second important feature is that inside the pyramids its not just you walk in you see the tomb no you have to go through different paths or places inside the tomb they did that because they don't want other people disturbing them because they find that rood and disrespectable. The people only go look for there tombs because they are filled of valuables full of gold and other riches. 
The last important feature is of the pyramids is that the pyramid is built like a tent and the sides are triangles. So that means they have good stability and that's why it still stands today even though its over 2,000 years old.