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 1,200 BCE – 395 CE.  On a plain  Eastern Peleponneses  On two hills: Aspis and Larissa  80 m and 289 m high  Climate was hot and dry in the summer,

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1  1,200 BCE – 395 CE

2  On a plain  Eastern Peleponneses  On two hills: Aspis and Larissa  80 m and 289 m high  Climate was hot and dry in the summer, and cold and wet in the winter Location on the Pelopennesus peninsula

3  Oranges  Lemons  Olives  Wheat

4  Monarchy (under a king/queen/emperor’s rule)  Strengths of a Monarchy: Efficiency, No governmental breakouts within the monarchy  Weaknesses of a Monarchy: no one to back up decisions, only one call, no deliberation

5  The goddess they worship is Hera  They worshipped her in shrines and temples Goddess Hera

6  Tombs  Odeum (theatre)  Sanctuary  Walls/foundation of the Agora  Thermae (roman baths)  Fortresses  Pottery  Roman sculptures  Mosaic floors  Terra cotta figurines

7  #1: Gods and Goddesses  #2: the rich and wealthy  #3: citizens  #4: non-citizens  #5: free slaves  #6: slaves  Women  Upper class: stayed at home to manage the house or visited friends during the day.  Lower class: if they weren’t slaves, they either watched the kids or cleaned the house.  Middle class: sometimes helped husbands work, but mostly stayed home to watch the kids and clean the house.  Men  Lower class: were mostly slaves who obtained their freedom, and they did the jobs that most people did not want to do.  Upper class: were into government, war, literature, and philosophy.  Middle class: most were foreign. They were merchants, contractors, manufacturers, artists, craftsman, managers, and tradesman.

8  Panhellinic games (entertainment)  Drama and musical performances held in the Odeum  Theatre  Roman sculpture  Polykleitos was sometimes considered the best sculptor he was the pupil of the famous ageladas  Geometrics  poetry  pottery

9  Spoke and wrote Greek Tools used for writing: reed pens/brushes, hammer and chisel Reed brush

10  technology  Terra Cotta figurines  Armour  Double grip shields  Greek theatres  Aqueducts and baths  Pottery  Mosaics  invented coinage  Legend  Argos sent men to the Trojan war, which was in Argos. The place was of celebration, and very dear to goddess Hera  Inachus was the first king, and after the flood of Deukalion, he supposedly led all of the people safely down from the mountains

11 http://prezi.com/ckk0dxu8b8rg/argos/http://prezi.com/ckk0dxu8b8rg/argos/ http://greece.mrdonn.org/argos.htmlhttp://greece.mrdonn.org/argos.html http://www.ehow.com/info_8065254_greek-writing- tools.htmlhttp://www.ehow.com/info_8065254_greek-writing- tools.html  http://prezi.com/ltdrrtnaqu8w/argos-greece/ http://prezi.com/ltdrrtnaqu8w/argos-greece/


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