Today Mr. Schick wasn't in class so we had Dr. Gallen as a sub. We watched a video called The Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilization. Here are the notes that I took:
- Cleisthenes was born around 570 BC
- born into one of the richest families in Greece
- his family was called the alchemy onits
- it was a political dynasty
- Herodotus said that Cleisthenes grandfather performed a favor for a king named Croesus
- In return he got gold
- he took as much gold as possible
- Aristocrats controlled Athens in 6th Century BC
- Athens was built around the acropolis
- houses were made out of mud brick
- Most men worked in the fields
- women did household chores
- reading and writing was rare
- life expectancy was less than 15
- tough life
- not equal society
- Greece was divided into city sates
- not unified
- Corinthians dominated greek trade
- Sparta had military power
- conquered a lot of Greece
- Helots worked in the fields for the Spartans
- Greeks told stories
- passed poetry over generations
- Achilles was a greek hero
- died early
- model for cleisthenes
- Greece became tyranny when a man came into town and said he had Athena's support to rule over Athens
- he was welcomed by Athenians
- turned to ordinary citizens for support
- reduced taxes
- offered free loans
- farming excellerated
- olives
- exported around the Mediterranean
- wealth from trading
- Low class people were potters
- made vases/pots
- pottery was important
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