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Acropolis

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Legal code developed by Draco

  • Everyone, no matter how rich or poor you are, is equal under the law.

  • Criminals were punished harshly (death)

  • Upheld practices such as debt slavery

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Democratic reforms of Solon

  • No citizen should own other citizens

  • Created 4 social classes; only top 3 classes could hold political office

  • Any citizen could participate in the public assembly

  • Any citizen could bring charges against wrongdoers

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Democratic reforms of Cleisthenes

  • Broke up power of nobility by organized citizens based on where they live

  • Increased power of the assembly by allowing all citizens to submit laws for debate and passage

  • Created council of 500 which proposed laws in the assembly

  • Created limited government

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Who was considered a citizen?

Adult male property owners

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Education system in athens

Men:

  • Mainly sons of rich families received formal education

  • Studied reading, grammar, poetry, history, mathematics, logic, public speaking and music

  • participated in daily activities

Women:

  • Educated by females at home

  • learned child-rearing, weaving cloth, preparing meals, managing the household, and other skills that helped them become good wives and mothers.

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What government did the spartans create?

Military state

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Spartan military training

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Sparta has the most powerful army in Greece. What did they discourage? What did they encourage?

Discouraged

  • individual expression

  • arts

  • literature

  • beauty

  • freedom

  • learning

Encouraged

  • duty

  • strength

  • discipline

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