The reading due for the next class period is pages 112-121 over Ancient Greece. As you read and take notes, look out for the following:
- Basic facts about the geography of Greece (pgs. 112-114)
- The importance of the Phoenicians and their alphabet (pg. 114)
- What was the polis and how did they function? (pgs. 114-116)
- Relationship between city-states (pg. 116)
- What were the hoplites and how was agriculture related to warfare in Greece? (pg. 116)
- What do the terms "hellenes" and "barbaroi" mean and what do they tell us about how Greeks viewed their culture compared to others? (pg. 117)
- The shift from tyrants to either oligarchy or democracy (where was democracy founded?) (pg. 118)
- Greek religious ideas (pg. 118)
- The ideals of individualism and humanism (pgs. 118-119)
- The differences between Athens and Sparta (pgs. 120-121)