4. How did city-states obtain water?A. Rivers B. AqueductsC. Ocean D. Plants

6. A technology that was a necessity for the Greeks wasA. The Wheel B. PyramidsC. Boats D. Catapult

3. _______________ was an Egyptian pharaoh that gained notoriety in 1922.

A. Tutankhamun B. Ramses IIC. Akhenaten D. Nefertiti

2. What was the social system known as in India?A. Socioeconomic B. GangesC. Confucianism D. Caste

1. _________________ is an example of a city-state.A. Babylon B. UrC. Nippur D. All of the above

5. Greece has manyA. Rivers B. HarborsC. Mountains D. Plains

Locations of City-States

Athens

Sparta

Mediterranean Sea

Aegean Sea Asia Minor

Greece

The Greeks called their city-state The Polis.

Each Polis was an independent governing unit, and many had different types of government.

• The Greeks built their polis around a hill called an Acropolis.

• On this high ground stood their main temple.• Below, they built their homes and a

marketplace.

A nation of soldiers

Around 1100 B.C. the Spartans migrated to the Peloponnesus and built the city of Sparta

They enslaved the farmers who were there and called them helots.

There was one Spartan to every five Helots

The Spartan army was so fierce the Spartans didn’t build a wall around the city, it was said they had a wall of men.

The Helots rebelled in 600 B.C. and were defeated by the Spartans, after this the Spartans killed any helot who made trouble.

Oligarchy (rule by a small group)

Rigid social structure

Militaristic and aggressive society

Societal Organization

• Top- 2 Kings

• Upper Middle – Citizens

• Lower Middle – Perioikoi (Free Non-Citizens)

• Bottom – Helots (Slaves)

• Plato: “The organization of your state is that of an army camp, not a town.”

Lifestyles of the Spartan Citizen

• Simple

• No jewelry

• No precious metals

• Only necessary possessions

Values of the Spartan Citizen

• Unquestioning Obedience

• Courage

• Indifference to pain, cold or heat

• Contempt for other civilizations

Man Up!• All newborn babies were examined

• Boys left their homes at age 7 to live in military barracks

• At age 20 they went into the military where they served until retirement

Now that’s tough!

Tough Woman

• Women married at age 18 or 20 but did not live with their husbands

• The men stayed in the barracks until about age 30 when they began to set up households with their wives and children

• Women maintained strict physical regimes in the hopes of bearing strong children

Spartan Lore

• Philip of Macedon: “If I enter Laconia, I will level Sparta to the ground.”

• Spartan reply: “If.”

ACTIVITY

List 3 pros and 3 cons of List 3 pros and 3 cons of living in Sparta.living in Sparta.

PROS CONS

Exit Slip

• Choose any 5 elements of Spartan culture and explain how these ideals express those that SWMS wants to instill in their students as Spartans.

• You will turn these in as you exit the class.