1. Ancient Greece and Her City-States By Phillip Oravec

2. Location

3. Time Mycenaean civilization collapses after 1200 B.C.E. 435/433 B.C.E. Begins with the Peloponnesian War 31 B.C.E. Rome takes over Greece

4. Administration Oligarchy: a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few (most prevalent in Sparta). City -state: a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies (most powerful being Athens, Sparta and Corinth). Democracy: created in Athens around 500 B.C.E.With no single ruler, a public assembly of male citizens met 40 times a year to vote on state decisions. The agenda was set and decrees carried out by a 500-strong council, chosen by lot to serve one year each.

5. Military (Athens) Athens superior military – 300 triremes – 13,000 hoplites – 1,000 calvary – 1,800 mercenary archers

6. Athens con… Military service for men from 18-60 years of age All recruits had to pass the docimasia or proof of age/birth and determine physical state

7. Military (Sparta) Feared military power Took boys from age of 7 – Rejection of culture

8. Walls, Roads and other Infrastructure

9. Cont… Most cities built their own defenses Most roads within cities were un organized

10. Currency Before 600 B.C. trading By 500 B.C. each city minted their own currency Exchanges had to be made for currency

11. Athens Currency Called drachma 6 Obul1 Drachma 100 Drachma1 Mina 600 Mina1 Talent (57 lbs of silver)

12. Slavery Prisoners of war, piracy and left at birth Cost from > = 100 drachma Could by freedom

13. The End Diadochi Wars Rome grew substantially… takes over all of the Italian Peninsula Rome finally takes Greece in 31 B.C.

14. Bibliography for web sources Carr, Adam. Wikipedia. N.p., 24 Feb. 2009. google. Web. 7 Sept. 2011.. Britannica.com. N.p., 19 May 2001. google. Web. 7 Sept. 2011.. dictionary.com. N.p., 18 July 2011. google. Web. 7 Sept. 2011.. Ancient Greece: Politics. Discovery Channel, 2011. Web. 7 Sept. 2011..

15. Bibliography for book sources Asimov, Isaac. The Greeks: A Great Adventure. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Print. Connolly, Petter, and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Print. Giannelli, Giulio. The World of Classical Athens. Macdonald & Co., 1970. Print

16. Bibliography for pictures Rymer, Eric. "Money in Ancient Greece." History Link 101. N.p., 2004. Web. 11 Sept. 2011.. Marin, Lucian E. "Crash of the Titans 2 Comments." Atroll's Entertainment A Troll's Account Of Having Fun. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Sept. 2011.. Lendering, Jona. "Long Walls." Long Walls. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Sept. 2011.. "File:Map Ancient Athens.png." Wikipedia. N.p., 5 Mar. 2009. Web.. Chiesa, Luigi. "SNGCop 039.jpg." Wikipedia. N.p., 24 Nov. 2010. Web. 11 Sept. 2011..