Thompson

=Thompson = [|ancient greek art] The sculptures that the Greeks created were to show story’s about gods, things that have happened, people, and Greek culture. Through each time period the Greeks were able to create new ideas for their art and how to create the art. Many of the statues were to show the wars and the invasions that hurt the growth of the population. Those statues were created during the dark ages of ancient Greece. Then there were arts that were being created as usable art. They made pottery that had been decorated with art that was happening during that time or what had happened. They would also create art on buildings, which would show story’s or resemble important people. One of the main art structures that were on buildings were the warrior, chariot, and the horse. The Ancient Greek people toke pride in their art because it shoes their story’s and what they believe. They wanted people to see how they lived and what they did. =The Battle of Marathon= [|the battle of marathon] http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-marathon-greeks-versus-the-persians.htm http://www.answers.com/battle%20of%20marathon This was a battle between Athens and Persia. The Persians were going to revolt against every city-state in Greece because the Greeks had supported the Ionians who had revolted against Persia. The Athenians were with the Greeks to fight against the Persians; they were waiting on some soldiers from Sparta to help them but they never came. The leaders of the Athenian army were Callimachus and Miltiades; both of them used to be with the Persian army until they went with the Greeks. The Persians ran into the Athenians on the Plain of Marathon. The Athenians had already had there army ready for the attack; there were about 10,000 Athenians ready to attack. The Greeks and the Athenians saw the Persians coming and they attacked at them by running towards them. They had chased them all of the way back to the shore where the Persians had started. After the Battle of Marathon was over one of the men had created the word that we now use for a brand of shoes; “Nike”. After Athenians and the Greek attacked the Persians about 6,400 were killed and only 192 Greeks were killed. Athens and Greece had won the Battle of Marathon. They had defeated the most powerful Empire in the Western world. The Spartans that were supposed to come and help out the Greeks and the Athenians came after the war was over. The Spartans did not believe that they had won by themselves, but they really did.

=Women during the Minoan Times=

[|ancient art of the woman] [|women in the minoan society]  Women played a good role in the Minoan society, unlike in the 1900's where woman had to fight to get the right to vote these women were well respected. It seems as though all of the high powered women that were alive during this time were basically worshiped. The people looked at women as though they were strong and fierce people in the society. People worshipped goddesses, their religion was goddess based. One of the goddesses that they worshiped was the Snake Goddess. They were still not fully equal; the fathers of the daughters controlled them, and after they got married the husbands controlled them. It was mainly the higher women that were well respected and worshiped. In the society the woman could be preistesses, functionaries, and administrators and could play in any sport that they wanted to play in. Many of the women had equal rights but they didnt have all of the freedom unless they were in a higher power.

=Olive Oil= http://www.anagnosis.gr/index.php?pageID=177&la=eng The ancient Greeks were the ones that started the cultivation of olives. The Greeks on the coast had many olive trees and they spread these trees more inland in Greece. Once olives and olive oil started spreading all throughout Greece they started trading it. It quickly became a big part of their economy and their role in society. Throughout Greeces history they have kept a record of where they traded their oil. The winner of the olympic games got to be crowned with the olive trees branches. check out this site to see a picture painted on a vase of the greeks and an olive tree: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/food/oil.htm

=3 why questions!= 1. why did the civilizations after the Greeks not learn from what the Greeks did? Like their art, cultivations of food, trade and other things like that. 2. why did Socrates never write anything down that he did? did he not want people to learn about what he had taught or did he want the people that he taught to pass it down to their students? 3. Why did Sparta feel that their military was a big part of their government? did they feel like people would only follow them if they used force?

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