Who Were the Ancient Greeks

Who were the Ancient Greeks?

http://i47.tinypic.com/104j15f.pngYou are allbarbarians!

Everyone is a barbarian to someone

Look up the definition of the wordbarbarian.

Why do you think the Greeks thought that anybody that was not Greek was a barbarian?

What does the saying or quote above mean? (Everyone is a barbarian to someone)

If your not Greek then you are a barbarian!

Barbarianswere according to the Ancient Greeks people who were not Greek. Especially anyone who could not speak Greek.

The Greeks called all foreigners barbarians, even if they were very civilized like theEgyptiansor thePersians.

A pair of Persian soldiers according to the Greeks these were barbarians especially because of the way they spoke. It probably did not help that they wore such funny looking clothing Barbarian became a term to describe all foreigners but it is a negative word.

http://iranpoliticsclub.net/photos/U07-Achaemenian6/images/Ancient%20Persian%20Immortal%20Soldiers.jpgBar, bar, barBar, bar4. Whatdoes it mean to be civilised?

Civilised Definition?

Bring (a place or people) to a stage of social, cultural, and moral development considered to be more advanced: "a civilized society".

Polite and well-mannered.

Who were the Ancient Greeks?

Learning Outcome

Find out about who the Ancient Greeks were and theirachievements.

Whenandwherewas was Ancient Greece.

The Greekcity states- Athens and Sparta.

Greekmilitary how were the Greeks able to build anempire, dominate theMediterranean Seaand beat huge Empires like thePersians.

Greekreligionandtheatre what did the Greeks do for us? For example science and architecture.

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When and where was ancient Greece?

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worldmapgreeceWhen and where was ancient Greece?

Greece is a country inEurope. Situated on the Mediterranean Sea and North West of Egypt

Greece

map1Ancient Greece was split into many different states, each one was ruled in its own way. Each state had its own laws, government and money but they shared the same language and religion. The two most important city states wereAthensandSparta.

Where were Athens and Sparta?

Sparta_map2Athens was a city state by the sea. The people of Athens were well educated and liked to trade with other cities and countries.

Sparta was an inland city state. They had a large powerful army. They were suspicious of outsiders.

land1land2land3land4land5What do these pictures tell us about the landscape and the climate of Greece?

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Match the phrases to the correct city

Visitors are welcome

No visitors please

Our king makes all the decisions

Our citizens vote on laws and decisions

We educate our children in schools

Our children learn to be soldiers

Reading is important

We like to trade

Trade is not allowed

No books here

Oligarchy -Sparta

A political system governed by a few wealthy people.

Power is passed from one generation of families to the next.

Sometimes this form of government is tyrannical.

Large gaps in between the rich and poor.

Democracy Athens

All citizens can vote.

Ordinary people work in government offices and courts.

People are allowed to voice their own opinions.

Power belongs to everybody, not just a small set of people.

What made ancient Greek fighters so powerful?

Helmet with face guard and plume

Wooden circular shield

Bronze chest armour

Greaves(leg armour)

Long spear

Greek warriors often fought ashoplites. Formed into groups calledphalanxes.

http://clio.missouristate.edu/chuchiak/New%20Webpage%20Images/a_hoplit.jpg

Greek city states would often go to war against each other. At other times they wouldallytogether to fight a common enemy for example thePersians.

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http://lacedemon.info/images/gallery/hoplite.jpgWatch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6pldm5z8PA

trireme

Rowers below deck

Group of hoplites

Bronze battering ram

Three rows of oars

Sail

Greek warships were known astriremes. The name trireme means a ship with three rows of oars.

Long slim hull for speed

What made ancient Greek fighters so powerful?

http://telias.free.fr/gallery_01/greek_trireme_2.JPGWas the battle of Marathon a great victory for the ancient Greeks?

After theAthenianarmy had defeated the Persians at the battle of Marathon they sent arunnertoAthens to tell the people that they had won, and that their city was safe.

The distance fromMarathontoAthenswas just over26 miles.

The runner managed to get back to Athens in 3 hours, but when he got there, he was soexhaustedfrom the run that he only just managed to give the message to the people of Athens, and then he died.

This is remembered nowadays in the termMarathon,meaning a 26 mile run.

Was the battle of Marathon a great victory for the ancient Greeks?

Yes, it was a great victory for us. Even though thePersianarmy was much bigger than ours, we managed to stop them from invading our cityWe won the battle because we were betterorganisedthan the Persians. Our soldiers stuck together and stayed information. The Persian soldierspanickedand ran in all directions.Spartarefused to help us, but winning this battle gave usconfidencethat we can defend ourselves without help from Sparta or anyone else.http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/48644oplitismi9.jpg

Who did the ancient Greeks worship and why?

temple1temple2templefreeThe ancient Greeks built many temples for the different gods they believed in.Look at the pictures.What do these buildings tell us about how the Greeks felt about their gods?

What happened at the theatre?

Thetheatrewas an important part of ancient Greek life.

Plays were performed which told stories of thelives of the gods, or of theadventures of Greek heroes.

There were alsocomediesandtragedies.

Here are some examples of themasksworn by ancient Greek actors:

masks

theatreHere is a picture of an ancient Greek theatre

seating

stage

backstagearea

Why do you think the theatres were built in this shape?

Who did the ancient Greeks worship and why?

AphroditeGoddess of beauty and love.ApolloGod of the sun.AresGod of war.ArtemisGoddess of hunting and the moon.AthenaGoddess of wisdom.DemeterGoddess of agriculture.HadesGod of the dead and the underworld.HephaestusGod of fire.HeraGoddess of marriage and the family.HermesMessenger of the gods.PoseidonGod of the sea.ZeusKing of the gods.123456789101112

What have you learnt this lesson?

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