ATHENS

INTRODUCTION TO ATHENS

• ATHENS WAS AN EDUCATION-BASED CITY-STATE
• BOYS GRADUATED SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 18 AND BECAME CITIZENS
• GIRLS STAYED HOME TO LEARN HOUSE CHORES

ATHENIAN GOVERNMENT

• ATHENS HAD A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
• AN DEMOCRACY IS A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH
• THE CITIZENS VOTED FOR LAWS AND DECISIONS
• ALTHOUGH ATHENS DID NOT HAVE AS MUCH
• WOMEN RIGHTS AS SPARTA, THEY ARE STILL

ATHENIAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUED

• BETTER THAN THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE
• EDUCATED WITH A BETTER GOVERNMENT

WHY ATHENS IS BETTER THAN SPARTA

• ATHENS WAS MORE BARBARIC THAN SPARTA
• ATHENS HAD MORE CREATIVITY AND ARCHITECTURE
• ATHENS HAD MORE EDUCATION
• ATHENS HAD A MORE STABLE GOVERNMENT

ATHENIAN TYRANTS AND LEADERS

• A TYRANT IS A PERSON WHO TAKES POWER BY
• FORCE AND RULES WITH TOTAL AUTHORITY
• ONE TYRANT NAMED PEISISTRATUS WON SUPPORT
• OF THE POOR BY DIVIDING LARGE ESTATES
• AMONG LANDLESS FARMERS

WHY WAS ATHENS MORE SUPERIOR?

• Athens had formed a democracy to
• balance their government
• They did not risk their city-state with lots
• They had lots of educated citizens to run
• the government in the future

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