Ancient greece assesment

Ancient Greece

•Ancient Greece has some of the most greatest history in the world.•Greece is located in Europe. •Athens is the city that symbolises

freedom, art and democracy.•Greece is surrounded by events

that have taken place in the past.

Troy• In 1870 Heinrich Schliemann found

geographic clues in north west Turkey. • He excavated a hill and was convinced he

found the ancient city, Troy.• They found arrow heads.• They found a deep ditch around the city.• There was evidence that the city was

destroyed by a fire.

ARCHITECTURE• Parthenon - The Parthenon was built in the 5th century

BC, even though the enormous damage, it has survived over the centuries.

• The Temple of Athena Nike - The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Turkey. Columns surrounded a small chamber that housed the statue of Apollo. With Ionic columns reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) high.

• Greek life was very religious. They also had a political purpose as they were often built to celebrate civic power and pride.

• The Greeks developed three systems, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.

• During the 13th century a well-built wall was constructed. These walls that were created by the Mycenaean kings were around eight meters high.

• Ancient Greece is famous for many wars.• A few are The Battle of Marathon, The

Archidamian war and The Sicilian war.• The Athenians won The Battle of

Marathon.• The Archidamian war began when

Spartans accessed the regions surrounding Athens

• Athenians lost the Sicilian war.

Famous Greeks• Alexander the great• Archimedes• Alexander the great was the greatest

military genius.• Archimedes was the greatest

mathematician and scientist.• There were famous playwrights, historians

and sculptors.

Time periods of Ancient Greece.

•Neolithic period-6000-2900 BC•Early bronze age-2900-2000 BC•Minoan age-2000-1400 BC•Late Minoan age-1400-1100 BC•Mycenaean age-1100-600 BC

Greek culture and society

• Greek society had 2 groups.

• 1 groups were free people

• The other were the slaves

• Slaves were owned by free people

• Slaves had no rights

Olympics• The Greek invented athletic contests.

• They held them in honour of their gods.

• The first Olympics was held in around 700 BC in honour of Zeus.

• Only men were allowed to take part in the Olympics.

• The first international Olympics was held in 1896.