• Neo-Assyria Empire 900-600 B.C.E.
– Conquered Babylon & Egypt
– Imported laborers to their cities
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XnpR1cmf5c
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• Neo-Babylonian Empire 600-539 B.C.E
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Greeks learned to write again 800 B.C.E.
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Greek Dark Age
• Homer, Iliad & the Odyssey
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Aretê & Olympics 776 B.C.E.
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The Creation of the Greek City-State 750-500 B.C.E.
– Polis: based on the concept of citizenship for all free inhabitants
• Hoplite Revolution
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Greek City-States
• Sparta 700-500 B.C.E.
– Oligarchy
– Helots
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v97o90bnUVs
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Primary Source Activity
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Who is the author?
When was it written?
In which language was written?
When was the document translated?
What does this document tell us about ancient
Spartan women? How are Spartan women
different from other Greek women?
• What do you think is the author’s view on gender
relations in ancient Sparta? Why?
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Greek City-States
• Corinth 657-585 B.C.E.
– Tyranny
• Cypselus
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Athens 632-500 B.C.E.
• Tyranny then
democracy
• Cleisthenes, “father of
Democracy”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dwWocwd160
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Ionia
630-500 B.C.E.
• Philosophy, love of
wisdom
• New explanations
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8WoMxw5Mj4&index=9&list=PLmLl
aNoL1WVsC_SQxE2GR2xbrz_V-w0af
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Wars between Persia and Greece, 499–479 B.C.E.
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