Period+5+Athens

== Adam Ross, Ben Lapp, Cam DeLuca, Dagney Winner, ﻿Black = all

Name of Civilization: Ancient Athens

Dates: 480 B.C. - 404 B.C.

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 * First democracy (direct democracy, no representatives, citizens voted on all decisions)
 * Decided on important things at monthly assembly
 * Attendance was necessary for all citizens
 * Even though Athens had 300,000 people, only 30,000 qualified as citizens
 * Polytheism (multiple gods)
 * Prayed to main gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, etc.
 * Athens: patron god/goddess was Athena
 * Believed in Underworld as afterlife
 * Had vast mythology: cyclopses, minotaurs, nymphs, and dryads
 * **E: (Economy)**
 * Was a center of trade
 * seaport
 * exported silver
 * silk route stop under Byzantine Empire
 * Frieze; ornamental band of sculpting on public buildings and temples
 * Parthenon; temple commissioned by Pericles
 * Acropolis; hill overlooking Athens that held building of civic and religious significance
 * Hippodamus of Miletus designed Athens port, known as the father of city planning
 * =** T: (Technology) ** =
 *  Water tech- had aqueducts for water supply, fountain, and baths; collected rain water; plumbing
 *  Mining- developed silver mines
 *  Used simple machines- Gears, levers, and pulleys
 *  Had some complex machines such as cranes and air/water pumps
 *  Had transportation technology- streets and rutways (a path up hill with rocks as steps
 *  Had transportation technology- streets and rutways (a path up hill with rocks as steps
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 * Upper Class: Can not have a job that requires physical exertion; Must have slaves
 * Middle Class: majority of population; free citizens
 * Lower Class: Higher than slaves; freed slaves
 * Slaves: Mostly captured enemies; few were actual Greeks; Even poorest of the poor had slaves

Acheivements: Ancient Athens had a very different government, religion, technology and social classes. Athens was the first democracy and they decided on important things at monthly assemblies. They had many gods but they only prayed to the main gods. They also believed in the underworld as an afterlife. Even back then they used simple machines and they had developed silver mines. In the social classes, the upper class could not get jobs and had slaves. The middle class were free men with jobs while the lower class were mostly free slaves. There was a very small number of slaves in Athens.

= Citations: =
 * 1) "Athens and Sparta (Overview)." // World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.
 * 2) "Athens." // World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.
 * 3) "Acropolis of Athens." Image. Pictorial Library of Bible Lands. // World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras //. ABC-CLIO,2011. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.
 * 4) "Athenian and Spartan Families: Investigate." // World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.