The Greek world

The Greek world
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This lesson contains 28 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

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The Greek world

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Hunters- gatherers
The antiquity: time of the Greeks and Romans
The Ancient Egyptians
3000 BC
500 AD
In 146 BC the Romans conquered ancient Greece

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Slide 3 - Video

Watch the clip and answer the following questions:

What does the clip tell you about:
- Politics in Athens - how did this work?
- Greek gods - what was their function?
- The Oracle of Delphi - What did she do?
- The Ancient Olympics - In what way is it different from today's


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Learning goals:
you will learn: 
I. how autonomous city states formed in Greece
II. how the Greeks spread out over a large area
III. what contact the Greeks had with each other and other people
IV. characteristics of society in Athens
V. characteristics of society in Sparta


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city state is a state that consists of a city and the surrounding area

The Greek word for city state is polis
City centre:
The Agora and acropolis  

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Surrounding area: farms and villages. Farmers grow olives, fruits, grapes, vegetables and grain. 
They sell everything at the agora.

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Greek city- states were autonomous.

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What would 'autonomous' mean?

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Autonomous  city states
  • Greece was not one state, but: consisted of 150 independent city-states (poleis) separated by mountains and hills.
  • It was a agricultural urban society
  • The city-states had their own administration and laws.

Many cities were built around an acropolis, a fortress on a hill or a rock

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Draw your own city-state
What should be in your city-state:
- An agora
- Government buildings
- A market
- A temple
- An acropolis
- A theatre

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Colonies outside Greece





Greece was very barren due to the dry climate and rocky soil (only 20% was suitable for agriculture)
colony area where a group of people goes to live ( outside its own area)

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Around 750 BC. the Greeks had colonies in Spain, France, Italy and Turkey

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Colonies outside Greece
  • The Greek colonies were ruled like autonomous city states, but had a lot of contact and trade with the city they came from.

  • Through the Greek colonies, the people of the Mediterranean became familiar with Greek culture (such as: mythology, sculpture, etc.)

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What's a colony?
A
A city-state where 'the people' are in charge
B
An area of a country/city state outside that land/city state.
C
An independent state consisting of a city and surrounding area.
D
A polis where the nobility is in power.

Slide 17 - Quiz

Explain in your own words why colonisation was needed.

Slide 18 - Open question

  • Read pages 48 to 51 in your textbook
  • Make the questions of 3.1 from the workbook

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Do you have questions about city states and colonisation?

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Akropolis
Dit is akropolis van Athene. Hierop konden de mensen vluchten bij oorlog en werden tempels gebouwd.   

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‘De agora van Athene. Commercieel, sociaal en politiek hart van de stad.’  

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Kenmerken van de Griekse samenleving:
- Handel en nijverheid
- gebruik van schrift
- gebruik van geld
- sociale lagen (mannen met burgerschap, migranten, vrouwen en slaven)

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Nijverheid
  • Het commerciële hart van de stad was de agora

  • Op de agora was de markt met daaromheen tempels en overheidsgebouwen

  • In de loop der tijd zijn er steeds meer ambachten ontstaan: bakker, metselaar, wever, schilder, scheepsbouwer. Al deze ambachten worden samen wel nijverheid genoemd

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Ontmoeting van culturen
  • De Grieken leerden schrijven van de feniciërs en ontwikkelden een eigen schrift

  • Via Turkije kwamen de Grieken in contact met geld, en namen dit systeem over

  • Er ontstond een geldeconomie in de Griekse wereld

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Slavernij
  • Slaven waren erg belangrijk voor de Grieken; ze deden een groot deel van het werk in de stadstaten

  • 1/3 van de Griekse bevolking was slaaf

  • Slaven waren meestal krijgsgevangen uit oorlogen

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Slide 28 - Video