Video

Today in class we watched a video on Greece. He said it was so we got a break from listening to him speak and so we could have something different. There are three episodes and they are about 54 minutes long. We started the first episode and watched about half. It's about Greece and a lot of what we already know just expanded and with visuals. It is called Ancient Greeks: Crucible of Civilizations, Episode I: Revolution. Here some notes I have so far.

• This starts at 508 B.C.
• 570 B.C. Cleisthenes was born, into one of the richest families in Greece.
• Herodotus - first Greek historian
• aristocrat - a member of the ruling class
• acropolis - an outcropping of rock in the center of Athens
• life expectancy at birth was 15 years in Athens
• Hellots - slave class in Sparta
• Heroic Ideal - promote individualism, be the best at whatever you decide to do.
• Pisistratus - became a leader because he made people think he found and knew the real Athena and brought her to a city and said that she thinks he should be the leader and they believed him.
• reduce taxes, provide free loans
• used olives for oil, food, soap, lubricants, and good for trading.