A BRIEF LOOK OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPORTANCE

A POINT IN TIME IN ANY WORLD CIVILIZATION WHERE: A CIVILIZATION CREATES A UNIQUE FORM OF “T.R.I.C.S.” THAT PEOPLE NOTICE CLASSICAL CIV’S ALWAYS INFLUENCE OTHER REGIONS OF THE WORLD

A BRIEF TIME PERIOD WHERE A CIVILIZATION HAS ITS “GREATEST MOMENT” COUNTRY AT PEACE, MOST PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, HAPPY, FED. GOOD GOVERNMENT AND LAWS AMAZING TECHNOLOGY IMPRESSIVE EDUCATION, ART

REMEMBER: GEOGRAPHY ALWAYS AFFECTS HISTORY! GREECE IS ¾ MOUNTAINS W/ POOR SOIL & SURROUNDED BY MED. SEA (75 MILES FROM ANYWHERE IN GREECE) CAN’T SUPPORT LARGE POPULATION CLIMATE IS MILD = ADVANTAGE: THEY DON’T BATTLE HARSH CONDITIONS

“CITIZENS LEAVING TO SET UP TOWNS, TRADING CENTERS, FARMS IN FOREIGN LANDS (BUT REMAINING LOYAL TO HOME COUNTRY)” GREEKS FORCED TO DO THIS EX: TROJAN WAR FOUGHT TO CONTROL ENTRANCE TO RICH BLACK SEA REGION

STORIES TO EXPLAIN WHY THE WORLD IS WAY IT IS GREEKS HAVE LOTS OF MYTHS GREEK RELIGION MIXED IN W/ MYTHS: ZEUS, HERCULES, ICARUS MOVEMENT OF IDEAS: GREEK MYTHS HEAVILY INFLUENCE WESTERN CULTURE (& STILL DO)

AFTER GREEKS DEFEAT PERSIANS (MOVIE: 400 ) THEY BEGIN TO BUILD ATHENS LEADS THIS--HAS 3 GOALS DEMOCRACY: 1 MAN, 1 VOTE MAKE ATHENS & COLONIES STRONG MAKE ATHENS IMPRESSIVE

#1 POLITICAL UNIT : ANCIENT GREEKS LOYAL TO THEIR CITY NOT THEIR COUNTRY DEMOCRACY 1 ST IN ATHENS FOR 1 ST TIME RICH AND NOBLES NOT FAVORED FOR RULING ANY MALE CITIZEN COULD BE ELECTED TO OFFICE (EVEN POOR)

IDEA OF DEMOCRACY SPREADS FROM GREECE: TO ALL PLACES, ALL TIMES (ATHENS TO WHITE HOUSE)

EX: CLASSIC GREEK ARCHITECTURE: COLUMNS AND SHAPE (REICHSTAG IN GERMANY)

1 ST’S : ARTISTS WANTED TO SHOW “THE IDEAL WORLD” NOT “REAL WORLD” STATUES STOOD ALONE STRESSED IMPORTANCE OF MAN AS JUST BELOW THE GODS PYTHAGORAS: “MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS”

1,000 YEARS LATER (ITALY) ARTISTS REDISCOVER ANCIENT GREEK ART AND CARVE STONE LIKE THEM

1 ST! TO EXPLORE HUMAN CONDITION AND THE HUMAN MIND ON STAGE MOVEMENT OF IDEAS: SOPHOCLES’ “ OEDIPUS THE KING ” TO SIGMUND FREUD’S “OEDIPUS COMPLEX” ARISTOPHANES “LYSISTRATA” TO VIETNAM WAR

SHAKESPEARE (2,000 YEARS LATER!) WRITES PLAYS TO SHOW WHY WE ACT LIKE WE DO (LIKE GREEKS) MACBETH, JULIUS CAESAR, ROMEO AND JULIET ROMEO AND JULIET INFLUENCES “ WEST SIDE STORY ”

1 ST ! TO BELIEVE REASON (MIND) CAN ANSWER LIFE’S QUESTIONS ORACLE AT DELPHI: “ KNOW THYSELF ”

“ THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING ” QUESTIONED AND TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING CHARGED W/ “CORRUPTING YOUTH” SENTENCED TO DRINK HEMLOCK

“ IF A MAN NEGLECTS EDUCATION, HE WILL WALK LAME FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE ” WROTE DOWN SOCRATES’ PHIILOSOPHY AND HIS OWN 1 ST TO SAY SOUL IS IMMORTAL IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION

WROTE AND THOUGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING: GOVERNMENT, LAWS, POETRY, PLAYS, SCIENCE “ EDUCATION IS THE BEST THING TO HAVE IN OLD AGE ” TEACHER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

ALL THINGS ARE MADE OF ATOMS EARTH IS ROUND—EQUATOR ONLY OFF BY ~300 MILES 300 B.C.! ASTRONOMY—EARTH CENTER OF SOLAR SYSTEM, SUN BIGGER THAN EARTH, MOON REFLECTS LIGHT MATH (PI) AND MACHINES (LEVERS, PULLEYS, SCREW)

CONQUERS GREECE, EGYPT, PERSIA BRINGS GREEK CULTURE TO FAR EAST, BRINGS FAR EAST CULTURE BACK TO EUROPE