Class of 2/26/14 Notes

Today in class we reviewed our notes. I took some more notes so they are in this blog.

• Athens had a really strong Navy. One weapon they had that made them one of the most feared people were the ramming ships. They were called triremes.  
• Athenians would take prisoners from other places and make them slaves
• Sparta had an army
• Athens traded with a lot and had a bigger population than the Spartans. 
• Sparta trained their army very well because they didn't have a lot of people. 
• Spartans would have a big row with shields and throw spears called the phalanx
• Athens had a free way of life called a democracy 
• Women had workouts that would make them strong 
• Women couldn't vote or hold office in Sparta or Athens 
• The only people that had the right to vote were free native or landowning adult males. 
• aristocrats were rich, powerful, and owned land 
• Golden Age- after the dark ages 460-430 B.C 
• Aliens were people that came from other parts of the land around Greece, they weren't citizens of that area and couldn't vote. 
• acropolis- a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city 
• Sparta was more strict 
• Surrounding Athens were the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea 
• Peloponneses peninsula connected Sparta to Athens