les 1

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

The Greek world

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

What did we talk about last time?

What kind of society did the ancient Greeks live in?

1. agricultural society
2. agricultural urban society
3. hunter-gatherer society
4. the antiquity

Which statement about the Greek city-state is incorrect?

1. A city state is a city with a surrounding area.
2. A city state was the most important city in a state in ancient times.
3. Greeks called a city state a polis.
4. Each city state had its own laws.

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)

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

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.)
  

What's a colony?

1. A city-state where 'the people' are in charge
2. An area of a country/city state outside that land/city state.
3. An independent state consisting of a city and surrounding area.
4. A polis where the nobility is in power.

Explain in your own words why colonisation was needed.

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

Means of existence of the ancient Greeks:

• Trade, every city has a market square (the agora)
• industry, (crafts)
• fishing
• Agriculture.

The Greek economy grew thanks to colonisation

Thank to trade, contact between people grew and their cultures changed.

Greek alphabet

Greek coins

( part of the money economy)

Athens versus Sparta 

What are cultural differences between both city states?

What are cultural differences between both city states?