Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The Legacy Of Ancient Greece

Melo- Thucyclides wrote about the wars between Athens and Sparta. He is considered one of the greatest historians of the ancient world.

Melo- All doctors try to do what they think is the best for their patients. This vase painting shows a doctor from ancient greece "bleeding" a patient. Some ancient greek doctors though that drawing blood would aid healing.

Melo- The greek Philosopher Hypatia was famous for her work in mathematics.

Melo- In this famous painting by pelacroit, Aristottle is as part of his study of them.

Melo- Greek actors wore masks that showed characters they were playing.

Melo- In ancient greece, the opening ceremonies for the olympic games included the sacrifice of an animal to the god.

Melo's Questions......

Melo- What does the word geometry mean to the greeks?

Melo- What does telephone means in ancient greece?

Melo- What are the lines that shows how far is a place from a place?

Fighting The Persians Wars

Melo- Persians arches won many battles by unleashing a storm of arrows before their enemies were close enough touse their nlances, or spears.

Melo- The battle of Marathon was the fisrt of many battles between the greeks and persians.

Melo- King Darius of persia holding a council war.

Melo- The persians were delayed by the fierce fighting in the narrow pass na themoplylae.

Melo- At the battle of Salamins the greeks tricked the persians into enters a narrow channel where the greek rammed the persians ships.

Melo- The spartans led the fight against the persians in a fierce battle outside the city of Plataea.

Melo's Questions.....

Melo- What does the word Cavalry mean and what does it do?

Melo- What was the persian wars about?

Melo- What obes allies mean and what does it do?

Fighting The Persians Wars

The Rise Of Democracy

Melo- The word aristocrat is formed from a greek word that means best.

Melo- Each city has it's own laws , it's own army, and it's own money.

Melo- Most importantl, each city has it's own form of grovernment.

Melo- For this reason, ancient greek cities are called city states.

Melo- The four forms of grovernment that developed in the greek city states, Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, and Democracy.

Melo- From about 2000 to 800 B.C.E, most greek city states were rule by a Monarchy, or king.

Melo- A Monarchy -a single ruler, such as a king, queen, or emperor, who holds all the prower in a country or empire.

Melo- Aristocrat- a member of the most prowerful class in ancient greek society.

Melo's Questions...

Melo- What is a tyrant and what does a tyrant do?

Melo- What is the for forms of grovernment that developed in the greek city states?

Melo- What is the meaning of oligarchs and what does it do?

Geography And The Settlement Of Greece

Melo- A peninsula is a land that is surrounded by water.

Melo- This rermarkable culture flourished between 750 and 338 B.C.E .

Melo- Greece is a small country in europe.

Melo- Mainland greece is a land of steep, rocky mountains, almost entirely surrounded by turquise-blue seas.

Melo- It is shaped like a little hand with fingers.

Melo- Greece also includes many island throughout the Mediterranean and Aegean seas.

Melo Questions...

Melo- What is a Peninsula?
Melo- What is a settlement?
Melo- What happend in the battle of Mediterranean?