Movie - The Greeks

Notes:

• The Greeks formed the civilization that formed that world
• 508BC, 5 century before in the birth of Christ, in a town called Athens the people turned all their rulers
• Celitanieis, a knight, would set the Greeks to the path of emperor
• He was called a artisiocat
• Reading and writing was a hard skill
• Life expetancy was less than 15 years
• The great civilations in his day lied in Egypt and Persia 
• Greece was a place with lots of mountain ranges
• Greece was divided into little groups called city states, each different
• Argos - ships went across the Mediterrian 
• Corinth
• One cite state had miltary power called Sparta 
• They were raised in fields, away from their families, they were made to be soldiers 
• Red cloaks  
• Sparta conquered more than 40 miles of Greece, became rulers
• Ancient tails and stories inspired the Greeks 
• Stories shaped Celitanieis and other Greeks
• Two tales are still told today, they tell about the battles and heros who won power 
• Images of hero's are found all over Greek art
• One day a man rode into the city of Athens with a woman, goddess of Athens, he was welcome as a ruler but he wanted more than gain and pass on the power so he would have to find an allies. Hightrosit reduced taxes and increases farmers ?and began a change 
• He gained power by her
• He cut cut taxes and lent money from gov. (below)
• Started to prodice olives, the best in the world, not only over Greek but over the seas 
• Greeks were scattered, like ants or frogs around a pond
• Everyone had something to sell, gold, silver, art, wine and everyone was willing to trade for their olive oil
• The vase was Athens first greatest innovation
• What was inside the pot was more then the outside 
• Poverty had been important throw the ancient world
• Using designs based on Egyptians
• Greeks started a different style of art 
• Made art of each other 
• Shown their compassion for achcivement
•  527BC the ruler died and was layed in the graveyard
• His son took over, and started things like his father did
• 524BC, his son was muried 
• Hippieas finally thought it was the right time to go for ruler
• He want to over throw Hiptraiate
• 510BC and Clitainese was finally ruler
• The competion of the games was found in 77BC, before he was born
•  The Qlypmics games were to display to heroic feeling
• Chariot ranings, running, wreslting, or boxing
• No price just the fame and glory
• 40,000 Greeks would gather for the games
• They would travel hundreds of miles to see the games
• Anyone would win or compete, even a farmer 
• The only rule is you get what you get
• You have to show they you can win
• 508BC, this would be Athens first chance to seize power for the people
• For the first time in history, Athens in under a law
• Cletheneis was asked to create a government 
• They had a gathering place, so they would diciside the future for their state 
• White pebble - yes
• Red pebble -no
• A system in which know we call democratic
• To the raising of taxes, to . .
• They are the government
• Democratic presented a heroic, it showed that even those who where poor would have glory and power

Day 2 :

• Artisocats were people with power and money, part of the ruling class
• Acropolis - named of the big rock, means highest city or peak, good place to pick a village so they could see their enemies

• Artisocats were people with power and money, part of the ruling class
• Acropolis - named of the big rock, means highest city or peak, good place to pick a village so they could see their enemies
• Because they were sepreated by mountains, they didn't get along, they fought wars, these places were called city states
• Artee - philospy that you do everything you can 
• If you are a pottery, you make the best pots
• If you are a solider, you fight for your city state and not for yourself
• They didn't take shortcuts
• The Odyssey is preversed until now 
• They had to memorizes this long book and memorized it 
• Written by Hormer
• Tirent 
• Pisistratus is Clethesis brother-in-law
• He cuts taxes
• He lent them money, so they can grow things themselves or buy new equipment
• He became friends with the articocats 
• Everyone thought that Greece was in a good condition to around with everyone around them
• The Vase was Athens first artist fantasy
• inside the pot was worth more than the pot itself
• They drew each other on the outside, with geometric patterns 

Day 3 :

• Hipipas murder his mother
• He became bitter and supsation for anyone because of what happen to his brother
• His brother got killed, so he took it all out on the people
• Clethesis wanted to overthrow Hippias to gain power 
• Hippias would be captured and banthed from Athen forever
• The Olympic games were those wealth but Clethesis made it so a farmer can fight a nobleman
• (games and more info above)
• Probably 40,000 Greeks would gather to see the games
• Travel 100 of miles to see the games
• Impower the poor people so they could have money
• You have to go in there and show that you can win
• Hipsaarous. a artisocat, also wanted power
• He couldn;t do in alone 
• He went to the Spartans, which the Greeks feared
• He would betray his city, Athens
• He got control of Athens
• He and his troops would rule the high point of Athens
• Over 700 houses were ruined or burnt including Clenthesis
• Cl. left his house and left Athens to the Spartans 
• Ishgirs and his troop went on top of the large rock (name above)
• For 2 days and 1 nights 
• This was the first revolution of the people, and overthrow a leader
• Ishgirs throw out Clethesis, and the people were mad 
• Athens is know control of the law
• The people turn to one man, Cl.
• Agora was there meeting place where they would discussion things for their country (more above)
• A system which we now more of democratic 
• They would meet every 9 days and vote, everyone got to say they opinion, mugity rules
• Anybody could go up there and speak 
• First time ever since anyone did this
• White Pebble - yes
• Red Pebble - no
• 419BC - Pheideppides ran the first marathon 
• He ran is not for glory but for survival
• Persia had lots of power
• The head of the emperior, was Enthies 
• The Greeks emphasis freedom and Persia would emphasis power, with slaves
• The heart of the Athenian force was a hoplite, is a professional solders 
• Pheidppides ran 140 miles in just 2 days
• 1 story : To inform the Athens the Sparta was coming and then he died on the spot
• 2 story : Went to Sparta and said that they were are all Greeks and we have to fight the Spartans 
• He deviered a message that needed to be sent
• The Athens spundered the Spartain 
• The Athens returned home to celeabrate there victory
• But there war with Persian had just begen
• Themistocles had risen to power by democratic
• He learn his leadership skills on the polumdn 
• One of the first guys to rise up to, 'anyone could have power' 

Day 4 :

• Pheidppides was a regualur person like as, who rose up to be the gerenal of the navy because he was very good at his job
•  He would be the savor of his city
• He made sure that if the Persians were going to come again, they wouldn't be defeated
• Trireme - battleship of its time, stated of the art ships
• To ram the enemies ship, they used it as a weapon 
• 170 guys are trained to row in the same direction in unison 
• Had over 200 triremes in their nations because of Clethesis, the greatest navy force in Greece
• They were very expensive
• In 483BC, the Greeks found silver
• The people wanted to shared the silver but Chethesis wanted to spend it on ships
• Xerxes is Darious son who is still upset that his father lost to Greece
• He gathered his forced
• His army had over 2 million men, the greatest the world has ever since
• The Greeks who where scared of the Persians invaded went to a Oraere, fortune teller, in Delphi 
• They could them they were domed and to run away
• They had a plan to fight the Persians at sea 
• They were going to evaluate Athens, leave their homes and possessions  
• Salamis - place they were going to fighting in the Straits of Salamis, body of water between them
• The Persian  burned the templetes in Athens 
• The Persian's navy is 4 times larger than the Greeks
• The Greeks defeated the greatest emperor of the time, out numbered by land and sea
• Delian League became Athens emperior, making money to protect themselfes
• Became a city of a fast trade emperior, goods came shipped from all over the place
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