Ancient Greece

Today was like a dress down day for the American ice hockey team. Everyone wore red, white, and blue except me because I’m weird. Anyway, Phil’s outfit was a bit disappointing because I was expecting him to go all out. So then, Jasmine and Steph taught the class off of steph’s notes. Jasmine used her hostility to drill the information into us. She is kind of scary when she teaches but that’s okay because I guess it works. Here are some of the info I got from their lecture:

-        The Greeks created democracy

-        Megaliths: massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs(stone hedge)

-        Tribe: a social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship

Then, after steph and jasmine failed, Mr. Schick gave us his notes:

Why the Greeks rocked:

New Ideas

Incredible art forms

Democratic Gov. w/ citizen participation

Innovators in warfare

4000 BC- farming life, village life, spread from Sumer and Egypt to SW Asia and NE Africa and the European continent

3500 BC- stone hedge (finished in 2000 BC)…..only explanation ALIENS

2500 BC- nomads migrated from the steppes in eastern Europe

Their language would evolve into Greek and Latin

Their lives centered around strength and courage, loyalty

Formed tribes- groups of people held together by common interest

Headed by chieftains

Indo-European (India/Europe) skilled in farming, metalworking, trade, and warfare

No written records, cities, or structured government

 They were the barbarians- roaming all over Europe

Adopted the way of life from those they encountered as they traveled (2000 BC to AD 1000)

THIS IS HOW CIVILAZATION EVENTUALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE