1. Ancient Greece: Aim: Identify characteristics of Athens

2. The Growth of City-States
City-State (Polis)-
-High city for temples
1. included an Acropolis (temples, rulers homes)
-Lower city for markets, homes, etc.
Regular festivals devoted to that City’s special God or Goddess

3. Early Forms of Government
Early Monarchs (when 1 person has power)
Oligarchy- the Aristocracy (land-holding elite or nobles) gain power & take control
As trade increases, merchants, farmers, artisans gain wealth & power

6. ATHENS: City of Democracy
Draco, 621 BCE- Draconian Law, very unforgiving
Solon, 594 BCE- outlawed slavery, opened govn’t jobs to more citizens, gave citizenship to foreign tradesmen, encouraged exporting of Athenian goods (to help locals make $ abroad)

7. ATHENS (cont’d)
Birthplace of Democracy- reforms made to give power to the people & individuals
Democracy in Greece:
-forming a Legislature (group that creates law) Assembly of Athenians
-support needs of the people (making reforms and new buildings for the poor)
ONLY male citizens could participate & citizenship was restricted- so many could NOT vote

8. Age of Pericles (461-429 BCE) Responsible for Golden Age in Athens
6,000 person Assembly- all males
Began idea of Direct Democracy- “power in the hands not of the minority, but of the WHOLE people”
As a citizen, it is your RESPONSIBILITY to take part in this government!!

9. “… We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as harmless but as a useless character…”
-Pericles
What is Pericles trying to say here? Write it down….