LESSON 4.13 Review 4.13.1
Key knowledge summary Use this dot point summary to review the content covered in this topic. 4.2 How do we know about ancient Greece? • Many archaeological ýnds from ancient Greece have survived, including buildings, amphitheatres, statues and vases. • The ancient Greeks left many written sources, including histories, poetry and drama. 4.3 Who were the Minoans and Mycenaeans? • Minoan civilisation developed on Crete from around 3000 BCE and was destroyed around 1575 BCE. • Mycenaean civilisation þourished between 1400 and 1200 BCE. • The Mycenaeans were the legendary conquerors of Troy, as told in the Iliad. 4.4 What was the Greek ‘Dark Age’? • Geographical features shaped the kind of civilisation that developed in Greece and its patterns of trade. • Most Mycenaean citadels were abandoned in this period and the art of writing was lost. • The city-states of Athens and Sparta developed very different forms of government. • Under the Spartan system, power was concentrated in the hands of a few families. • Athens adopted democracy from 508 BCE. 4.6 What was life like in Sparta? • From around 650 BCE, Sparta became a harsh military state. • Spartan enslavement of the Messenians made the Spartan way of life both possible and necessary. • Spartan women had more power than Athenian women. 4.7 What was life like in Athens? • Dorians occupied much of southern Greece. • Many Greeks migrated from the Greek mainland. 4.5 How were Athens and Sparta governed? • From the ýfth century BCE, Athens was a rich and beautiful city with a þourishing culture. • Men ruled Athenian society. Women were denied education and had very few rights. • Athenian burial customs reþected those of most of the ancient Greek world. 4.8 What do we know about Greek laws, myths, gods and oracles? • Each Greek city-state appears to have had its own laws. • The myths and gods of ancient Greece were common to all Greek city-states. • The ancient Greeks believed in oracles, the most important of which was at Delphi. 4.9 What were the Olympic Games? • The ancient Greek Olympic festival was held every four years to honour the god Zeus. • The festival contributed to a common sense of Greek identity. • The festival was very different from the modern Olympic Games. 4.10 How was Greece changed by wars? • When the Persian Empire invaded Greece, many of the Greek city-states united and were able to inþict crushing defeats on the Persians. • The Greek city-states were weakened by the Peloponnesian Wars and were conquered by King Philip of Macedon. • Philip’s son, Alexander the Great, became ruler of Macedon and Greece. • Alexander invaded the Persian Empire and created a vast empire.
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