Ancient Greece

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Ancient Greece

• The greeks began leaving the peninsula in search
  of better land and trade in the mid-eighth
  century B.C.
• They built many communities on the Aegean Sea
• Communities began trading with one another making
  wheat, timber, and iron ore available.

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Athens

• Located on the Greek Peninsula
• By the end of the 6th century B.C., Athens
  developed a democratic government
• Only free, adult males whose fathers had been
  citizens of Athens were allowed to participate in
  the government
• Athens chief rival was Sparta

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Sparta

• Located in the southernmost part of the Greek
  Peninsula
• Sparta was an oligarchy (a few powerful, wealthy
  individuals rule)
• Sparta had a powerful army

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The Arts

• In order to honor their gods and goddesses, the
  ancient Greeks created myths and wrote poems and
  plays.
• Socrates was a great philosopher who studied and
  wrote about friendship, knowledge, and justice.
• Plato was a student of Socrates and taught about
  human behavior, government, math, and astronomy.

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Ancient Roman Republic

• In 509 B.C. Rome became a republic and was
  governed by elected officials.
• The Senate was a group of elected officials and
  each year elected 2 leaders called consuls to
  head the government and military.
• In the beginning mostly Patricians were elected
  to the senate.
• Plebeians had the right to vote, but couldnt
  hold public office until 287 B.C.

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The Roman Empire

• Julius Caesar was a Roman general and he began
  conquering many territories.
• In 45 B.C. Caesar fought a fierce battle for
  control of the Roman Republic and became dictator
  of Rome.
• Caesar was murdered by a group of senators and
  civil war broke out.
• In 27 B.C. Augustus became emperor of Rome and
  ruled for more than 40 years and Rome prospered.