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Historical evolution of greeks - Coggle Diagram
Historical evolution of greeks
From 8th to 1st century BCE
THREE PERIODS
Classical Greece
The greco-Persians war (490-338 BCE)
Military conflict
Control for Asia Minor
Greeks vs Persians
Greeks
United against Persians
Battles
Marathon (490 bce) Salamina(480) BCE
Greeks won
After war
Two groups around main polesis sprang
Peloponnesian league
Controlled by Sparta
Delian league
Controlled by Athens
Splendour
The peloponnesian wars
Rivalry beetween leagues lead to war
Sparta won
Imposed system of government in Athens
Greece was weakened
Archaic
Development of poleis
Colonisation of mediterranean
Social groups
Aristocrats
Economical and polithical
Free people
Majority
Foreigners and liberated
Freed slaves
Slaves
No rights
Colonisation
Hellenistic period
4th century BCE
Kingdom of Macedon (north of greece)
Terrytorial expansion
In 359 BCE, Philip II of Macedon conquered the balkans and the Peloponesse, in 338 BCE finished the conquest
In 336 BCE Philip II died and Alexander the great suceeds his father to the throne, he continued terrytorial expansion
Egypt
Anatolia
Syria
Mesopotamia
Persia
India
Greatest empire of ancient world
In 325 BCE Alexander the great died in Babylon without a succesor
Division into Hellenistic kingdoms
Kingdoms conquered by Greece developed industry and trade, founded city and expanded greek culture
END: 146 BCE Macedon conquered by romans, greece under roman control.
Polithical, social and economical organisation in ancient Greece
Athenian democracy
Magistrates
Executed decisions of assembly
Assembly (Ekklesia)
Held power
They discused and voted the laws
Meeting formed by athenian cytyzens
They chosed representatives of Boule and magistrates
Social
Citizens
Could participate in polithical life
Spartans
Involved in Mylitary training
Athenian
Free men, older than 18, with athenian parents
Non citizens
Foreigners
were free,worked as artisians or merchants, metics an athens and perioicoi in sparta
Women
Free or slaves, always subjected to man
Slaves
Not free, no rights