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An Athenian boy Reading to his teacher at school.

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An Athenian boy Reading to his teacher at school.

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Diagram of the social classes in Ancient Athens

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Diagram of the social classes in Ancient Athens

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arithmetic- The use of numbers in counting and calculation.

Gods- Multiple of gods empire: e.g. 10 gods

Goddess- Multiple of women gods empire: e.g. 10 women gods

Empire- A large group of states ruled over by a single monarch or ruling authority

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Clyne J., Ford R., Millar D., Cummins N., and Cashman L. (2012). History 7: The Ancient World. South Yarra, Victoria: Macmillan. Retrieved, 28/03/16. (Source A, Source B and some of Source C).

Joyce Swinton, Longman, Michael Pyne, Rodney Pyne. (1998). Classical Ancient Athens. National Library of Australia. Cataloguing- in- Publication. Retrieved, 28/03/16. (Source D).

www.bbc.com.uk. (2014). About Ancient Athens. Retrieved, 30/03/16. (Source E).

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Quote: “As it was in the democracy of ancient Athens, the key pretension of modern democracy is its claim to authorize and legitimate rule by establishing and preserving political equality. Each citizen must recognize the authority of the laws and their authorized interpreters and enforcers because each citizen is equally their source and the basis of their authority over any. That claim has proved astonishingly potent across the world over the last century, but it remains very hard to pin down quite what it means. What has made it so powerful? What can it coherently mean? What has to be true for it to apply to a political order?” Unquote.

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Although Athens was a democratic city-state, it still had great leaders who were very good at leading Athens. The best leader was Pericles. Ancient Athens was very lucky to have him as a leader. He was a leader during 460 BCE. He was from a good family and he joined the most democratic team in Athens. Athens was known for equality and the lower classes also had power over some things. This happened because, if they did not add the lowest classes, there would not be enough voters to make the draw every year for a new leader to lead Athens. Pericles thought of Athens as a very highly city- state and that Athens should be the showpiece for the whole of Greece. So he set using all the resources of the Delian league, or the Athenian Empire as it became known to build up his city on a great, grand scale. Pericles was a general, a politician, a statesmen and the leader of Athens who put practice into his new ideas for a new radical democracy. He, more than any other Athenian, can be credited with the new and great creation for democracy. Athens was known for its politics and Pericles was very much trying making Athens a grand scale city. (Source D)

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Religious
Beliefs in Ancient Athens:

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Religious
Beliefs in Ancient Athens:

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The Athenians had multiple of gods and goddess. They believed in every single one of them for different reasons. They had twelve important gods and goddess. The gods and goddess were Hades, the god of the underworld and the dead. Apollo, the god of creativity, light, prophecy and healing. Aphrodite the goddess of love and romance. Ares the goddess of the moon and hunting. Athena the goddess of wisdom. Dionysus the god of wine and theatre. Hephaestus the god of fire and metalworking. Hermes the god of messages. Religious practices were very common in Ancient Athens. They would have mini festivals in the courtyard. They would also have the statue of Hermes outside of their door step so that Hermes could protect them from thieves coming into their house. In each house, there would be a house fire on the courtyard that was protected by Hestia. The men would drink fine wine and the first drink would go to Zeus and the last drink would go to Hades. (Source C)

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In Ancient Athens, the houses were very private and it wasn’t really open to people that much because the house was known like a privacy area. The women would go to their courtyard, and get their water from the well which was right in the middle of the courtyard. The Athenian ladies would also go to a communal water well to socialise with other Athenian women. The food was cooked in the courtyard as well or it was cooked in the kitchen or in the courtyard. If the house was a two story house, the women would sleep up there because it was not allowed for them to be with their husband in one room. The slaves of the house would sleep in the courtyard. (Source B)

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Life for Men
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Life for Men
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Back then in Ancient Athens, the boys went to school at the age of seven to learn how to be grow up to be good men and have a good education. They had to learn how to read and write and do arithmetic. They learnt poems from Homer off by heart so that they learn the morals from the writings and read on how to be the best they could be. The Athenian boys were also taught how to play music instruments like the lyre and the flute. They had to have physical training because the men thought that every boy who has a good mind should have a good body. When they were like about twelve years old, they finished school and started living a good life and working for the government or in the farmlands. (Source B)

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Life for Women and Girls in Ancient Athens: 

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Life for Women and Girls in Ancient Athens: 

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The women in Ancient Athens worked hard to keep the house clean and make the food for the men and sew the cloths. The girls were not sent to school because they had to learn how to be a mother and a decent women and learn as much as possible about how to cook, clean and sew, just like their mother or grandmother or their aunts. (Source B)

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Ancient Athens was known for their equality and fairness throughout the society. Athenian politics was also very fair and their laws where equal as well. The Athenians had different classes which were, Athenian citizens, Metics (foreign) and Athenian slaves. Athens had very strict laws for each classes. In order to be a citizen, Athenians have had to be a male and free Athenian with Athenian parents. If they were already a citizen, an Athenian would get a land with The citizens were politically equal but not equally treated economically. Metics were freed slaves and they were citizens from other city-states. They were allowed to take part in religious festivals with other Athenians and serve as hoplites in army/oarsmen in the navy. They were also allowed to access courts and to have their own factory but not their own land. The Athenian slaves had laws about being a helpful and being good slaves. The Athenian slaves also had the rights to vote because if the whole society of slaves didn’t vote, the voting would be very less and the Athenian Government wouldn’t be able to pick a leader for Athens. They just had to work hard in a house-hold area or in shops as well. They could also work for the state as slaves. (Source A)