1. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE?
GREECE THE GREEK POLIS
SSWH3 The student will examine the political, philosophical, and cultural interaction of Classical Mediterranean societies from 700 BCE to 400 CE.
Compare the origins and structure of the Greek polis, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE?
WHERE IS GREECE?

2. The polis (plural, poleis) was the ancient Greek city-state.
The word politics comes from this Greek word.
In the ancient world, it was the central urban area that could also have controlled the surrounding countryside.
The word polis could also refer to the city's body of citizens.

4. Polis, literally means city in Greek.
It could also mean citizenship and body of citizens.
In modern historiography "polis" is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries
polis is often translated as "city-state."

5. PARTS/ELEMENTS OF POLIS
Self-governance, autonomy and independence (city-state)
Agora: the social hub and financial marketplace, on and around a centrally located large open space
Acropolis: the citadel
Greek urban planning and architecture, public, religious, and private (see Hippodamian plan)
Temples, altars

6. Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, etc.
The polis began to emerge as a new form of social and political organization in the eighth century B.C.

7. “Men are the Polis.” -Thucydides “Man is an animal whose nature it is to live in a polis” -Aristotle

8. The period that the polis began to emerge can be considered not only as the time of recovery but also the peak of Greek Civilization in terms of politics, society, economy and culture.
Poleis were city-states established by the group of Greek people who proudly termed themselves “Hellene”.
Independent and self governing; 30,000 to 300,000 in population
All spoke Greek, believed in the pantheon of gods, practiced forms of government, and had the same culture.

9. TWO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
OLIGARCHY
RULE BY THE FEW
DEMOCRACY
RULE BY THE PEOPLE

10. TWO MOST FAMOUS CITYSTATES
ATHENS
cultural achievements during the 5th century BCE laid the foundations of western civilization.
ECO BASED ON TRADE AND SEAFARING
BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY
SPARTA
ECO BASED ON FARMING
MILITARY BASED
PRACTICED OLIGARCHY