Ancient Greece Rise and Fall of Civilization

Rise and Fall of

Ancient Greece

First I am going to talk about Mycenaea which was from 1600 BCE to 1200 BCE. This was in the Bronze Age.

I think that civilization means having a type of culture or society. It also might mean a complex state of human society, and a high level of culture, creating products and government.

After the Mycenaean's came Ancient Greece. Which was from 1100 BCE to 150 BCE

Greece 1100 BCE-150 BCE

• Greece became rich from trading.
• Each city state had their own ruler and customs
• Each city had own army
• The most important cities were Sparta and Athens

Classical Period 500 BCE-350 BCE

Daily Life

Education

• Boys from rich families went to school when they were 7 years old. They were taught reading, writing, math, music, poetry, athletics and dancing.
• Girls were taught by there mothers at home.

Life at Home

• Women ran the household, looked after the kids and watched the slaves.

• In Athens all free men had a say in how the city was run. They meet once every ten days to discuss new laws and took decisions by voting.
• This type of government is called “Democracy” which means rule by the people.
• Women and slaves weren’t allowed to vote
• After war with Persia in 480 BCE the Greeks built a strong navy. This enabled Athens with trading and the city became richer and powerful

• Had the finest warriors
• All Spartan men were soldiers who fought and trained for war
• Boys were taken from their mothers to serve in the army
• Girls had to be kept fit so they would have strong healthy babies

After the Peloponnesian war the city states kept on fighting each other. They didn’t notice what was happening to Macedonia. The Macedonian king, Philip 2, had built a strong army of well-trained soldiers. Then he began to conquer the city states, by 338 BCE he had controlled Greece. Soon after this Philip 2 was murdered and his 20 year old son ,Alexander, became king.

Alexander was a brave and a great commander. He led his army on a journey over 32,000km, creating the largest empire in history. Now he is known as “Alexander the Great”.

Map of Ancient

Greece

They were surrounded by water so they developed ships for trading and battling.

After Alexander’s death, his generals fought against each other for the control of the empire. Then Antigons took over Greece and Macedonia. Ptolemy defeated Egypt, where his family controlled the country for 300 years. The other cities were taken over by Seleucus and became known as the Seleucus Empire. In the end all the kingdoms were taken over by Rome.

Bibligrophy

Dark Ages

After the collapse of Mycenaea life in Greece. People spent most of their time growing food. Because of this they forgot all their skills.

Alexander The Great

Sparta

Athens

Alexander's Conquest

• Alexander and his army attacked the port of Tyre using catapults on boats. It took months to take over the city.
• He and his army defeated the Persians in 331 BCE. Later His army captured the place of Persepolis and set it on fire.
• The Egyptian's welcomed Alexander in at Swia, as the son of an Egyptian god called Amun.
• In India, Alexander and his army defeated a king called Prus and his army rode on 100 war elephants.

The first Marathon

• In 490 BCE the Persians invaded Greece. The Greeks fought back and defeated them in a fierce battle at “Marathon”.
• A runner carried the good news over 32 km to Athens, then died from exhaustion. The modern Marathon is named from that event.

Olympic Games

• Athletics was a popular pastime for men.
• Compactions were held all over the country, every four years.
• Held at Olympia for Zeus, the king of the gods.
• The main events were running, wrestling, chariot racing, discus and javelin throwing.

The Peloponnesian War

404-355 B.C.E

Some Greek city states grew worried that Athens had become too powerful. Sparta and Athens fought and other city states joined in.

After 49 years Athens was finally defeated, but all of the city states were exhausted

The Decline & fall of the Greek

The Collapse of Greece

Ancient World

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