Greece powerpoint part 2

• greece is a mountain peninsula
• mountians cover three-quarters of greece
• approximately 2,000 islands in the Lonian and Aegean Seas
• This combination shaped greeces culture
• they had many skilled sailors and shipbuilders
• also farmers, metalworkers, weaver, potter
• they had poor/limited  natural resources so that needed to trade
• during the seventh and sixth centuries BCE, aristocrats ran the show in most of greece
• back then, rich people wielded much more influenced in soceity and held much more governmental power
• aristocrats: members of the ruling class
• symposiums: a meeting where the elite men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers
• no women
• no middle class
• no slaves
• certain aristocrat who didn't have the right connections were excluded
• greek tyrant: someone who simply seized power
• modern tyrant: an abusive or oppressive ruler
• tryrant: someone who rules outside the framwork of the polis
• Draco (621 BCE); first
• all Athenians are equal under the law
• death punsihments for many crimes
• debt slavery was ok
• Solon (594 BCE); second
• outlaws debt slavery
• all athenians citizens can speak at assemblys
• any citizen can press charges against wrongdoers
• Draconian: major/harsh punishment for a small crime
• more reforms (around 500 BCE)
• allowed citizens to submit laws for debate at assemblies
• created council of 500
• only free adult male property owners born in Athens were considered citizens
• women, slaves, foreigners