SOSC 1731 Lecture 3: Lecture Notes 3 (SOSC 1732)
30 Sep 2016
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Aegean sea region (greece: no large river systems, however a lot of rainfall, very mountainous accompanied with many islands, greece empire 2000 bc to 300 bc. Many cultures have copied greek monuments such as tennessee copy of the parthenon: the parthenon exists on the acropolis in athens which is surrounded by other holy temples. Symbolizes great achievements of athens and all that occurred in athens. Narrow streets and low sanitation was tolerable standards for athenians, classical greece focused less on domestic life and more on political and governmental life. The greek and mesopotamia empires shared cultural trade because they existed during same timeline. Direct democracy: every citizen has a part in the way government is run (only males) Greece"s largest city-state was sparta: sparta took over messenia and made population slaves, sparta was a monarchy and its society was structured to control this large uncooperative subject population of slaves. Had a very strong military, thus displacing importance of education.
