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1. direct democracy- the form of government where the people get a direct say without any representatives    classical art- the values of phidas and other sculptors in that they wanted to portray ideal beauty not realism    tragedy- a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal    Peloponnesian war- a war fought between 2 city-states, Athens and Sparta   Philosopher- great thinkers that were determined to find truth    Socrates - believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice    pluto- A stuent of Socrates, Plato's writings dominated philosphicthoughts in Europe

Today we took a test, I thought i was some what well prepared for it. Some parts that were more difficult were the mapping part and the different dates that had to be memorized I do not think I got the score i would have hoped for, but next time I know to go straight off of the slides to study

Today we prepped for the upcoming test about Greece, I think i will get an okay grade because I feel like I know the information pretty well. I will talk more about how i thought the test went in tomorrows blog.

Today we talked about the draconian code and if/how we could implement it in today. The draconian law is pretty much that every crime no matter the level of seriousness will have the punishment of death. This is to deter the citizens from committing any crime no matter the size. Personally i think we should not implement it in todays judicial system because I feel if you kill someone, you should just get life in prison because why take another life away when there has already been one death.

A wise man named perciles led Athens for much of the golden age A skillfull politican and inspiring leader He had 3 goals, to strengthen Athenian Democracy, to hold and strengthen the empire and to glorify athens Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid on salaries Direct democracy- a form of government when the citizens rule directly and not through a representative Athenians and Spartans go to war Peloponnesian war Athens had the stronger navy and Sparta had the stronger army and the location of the war meant it could not easily be fought on sea. Pericles plan was to bring the fight out to the sea so he could strike In the second year of the war disaster struck as Athens had a plague that killed 1/3 of the population, includin Perciles Sparta gained Victory in 415 B.C Athens sent a army more than 20,000 soldiers to the islnd of Sicily, they planned to to destroy one of Sparta wealtiest allies, Syracuse..........

polis:  fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside monarchy:  rule by a single person (a king) aristocracy:  rule by a small group of noble and very rich, landowning families oligarchy:  wealthy groups, dissatisfied with aristocratic rule, who seized power tyrant:  powerful individual who seized control the aristocrats attended symposiums, meetings where men would drink wine and  listen to poetry they could also watch performances from dancers

temperatures usually ranged from mid 40s in the winter to low 80s in the summeralthough it could get hot in the summer Greek diet consists of grains grapes olives and fish they had a lack of resources  until the 19th century most historians thought it was fictional because gods and goddesses got involved in the stories Homer lived at the end of the dark ages where nothing was written down it is believed by some that Homer himself is fiction and part of a story 

I failed to bring my note book home today,,, I will make my blog tomorrow extra long to put the notes we took today in the blog

Rule and order in Greek City - states By 750 B.C. the polis was the fundamental political unit in ancient Greece. Most city states controlled 50-500 square miles of territory Tyrants seize power were looked at as leaders who would work for the interests of ordinary people The first step of democracy in Athens was when a noble man took power, Draco made death a punishment for almost every crime Sparta builds a military state Located in southern Greece 725 B.C. Sparta conquered neighboring region of messenia Spartas government had several branches An assembly,  elected officials, the council of elders Persian wars- Battle at Marathon (between Greece and the Persian empire)

1.Mycenaean - the first people to settle on greek mainland    Trojan War- war between Troy, an independent trading city and Greece    Dorian- A new group of people that emerged out of Troy after the Trojan War    Homer- A story righter and teller in 750 to 700 B.C.    Epic- narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds    Myth- Traditional stories about their gods 3. It had a great impacts which made it easier to travel and trade as well as a natural barrier. 4. They adapted the value of seaborne trade 5. It is important because that was all they had because there as no form of writing during the dorian age

Earliest Egyptian writing formed 3100 B.C. and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics Egyptian script was usually written in ink on papyrus The precursor to paper was stored in scrolls and these were the roots of ancient egypt Calendar and sailboats Egyptian astronomers creates a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the seasonal cycles Due to their excellent knowledge of human anatomy Egyptian doctors wrote extensively on health issues nd created potisins and cures for a number of common ailments

Today the last of everyone made up the tests so we went back to taking notes and talking about. we took notes on the culture and religions today, I ddi not bring my book home si I will add the notes to tomorrows blog.

Half the class was absent so today everyone made up the blogs they missed and the people that missed the quiz are studying for tomorrow, I have my blogs up to date so here are egypt notes Geography of Egypt- The Nile flows northward across Africa for over 4,100 miles, making it the longest river in the world. Gift of the Nile- Yearly flooding brought rich soil called silt which the Egyptians would pick up before the sun dried it. Environmental challenges- Egyptians were lucky because the Nile was like clockwork on when it would flood as where the Tigris and Euphrates were unpredictable for flooding. Egypt unites into a kingdom farming villages date back to 5,000 B.C. The villages, Upper and Lower Egypt all united around 3,000 B.C. Pharaohs ruled as gods, thought to be from the heavens and as splendid and powerful as one They believed that Kings ruled even after death, eternal life = ka The pyramids were resting places for pharaohs The most important Gods were Re, god of the su