Birth of democracy in greece

of Democracy

in Greece

polis

ancient Greece

Athens: wealthy city

agriculture grewgrapes

pickeddates

oxen

in thefields

tuna

octopus

fishing

sea animals

The Mediterranean Sea

maritimetrade

ship

warship

warship: trireme

rowers

sails

wind

SOLON 638 B.C - 558 B.C.

CLEISTHENES570 B.C. – 507 B.C.

PERICLES 495 B.C - 429 B.C.

Ekklesia

votes urn

raisinghands

Government, judges, militaryleaders…

laws

men

onlymen

foreigners slaveswomen

Atheniansociety

inequality

women

slavesforeigners

men

hoplites

Banquets: symposia

AGORA

social life

Bustlingplace

AGORA

ACROPOLIS

TYCHE

HYGEIA

goddesses

Parthenon

ATHENA

PeloponnesianWar

431 B.C – 404 B.C

Athens /Sparta

Democracy wasweakened,

consequently disappeared

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