Athens DEMOCRACYS BIRTHPLACE CATHERINE MCCULLOUGH PERIOD 4 Geography

Athens DEMOCRACY’S BIRTHPLACE CATHERINE MCCULLOUGH PERIOD 4

Geography �Fertile valleys �Many farms �Many mountains � Aigaleo west mountain �Parnes north mountain � Pentelikon northeast mountain �Hymettus east mountain

Stable Food Source �Ate bread dipped in wine for breakfast �Ate bread dipped in wine and olives, figs, cheese or dried fish for lunch �Dinner was main meal �Ate vegetables, fruit, fish, and possibly honey cakes for dinner �Fish=main protein �Beef was expensive �Poor could only have beef during festivals

Government �Fully developed democracy �Important to be part of government �Only men could vote �Assembly �Council of 50 �Peoples court “Branches” of government

Religion �Each city-state had god or goddess in charge �Athens goddess was Athena �Poseidon and Athena both gave gifts to the Athenians, and Athena’s gift was better so the citystate is named after her �Parthenon located on Acropolis, dedicated to Athena

Architecture �Parthenon �Erechtheion �Theater of Dionysus �Ancient Agora �Parthenon had Doric style columns �Erechtheion had Ionic style columns

Social Structure • Men had many more rights • Women, slaves and children couldn’t vote • The father was the head of the house Father Mother Boys Girls Slaves

The Arts �Gathered at Theater of Dionysus �Ten day festival �Art lovers �Pottery �Sculptures �Fine Jewelry �Architecture Photo Credit: commons. wikimedia. org

Writing �Wrote good literature �Wrote poetry �Playwrights �Philosophers-Aristotle and Plato Speakers platform. Aristotle and Plato stood here.

Legacy/Technology �Made currency by digging silver �Had trireme to steal money �Pottery made money but not huge amounts �Democracy �Branches of government �Philosophy �Created natural laws(patterns and explanations of the world) �Mathematics-Archimedes

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