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1. METICS: In Ancient Greece the metics freed slaves. Metics were found in most city states except Sparta. In Athens, where there was the most, they occupied an intermediate position between visiting foreigners and citizens, having both privileges and duties.
2. ATTICA: Attica was the religion based around Athens.
3. POLYTHEISTIC: polytheistic means that you believe in many gods.
4. DEMOCRACY: demos means the people and cracy means rule therefore democracy means the people rule.
5. ARISTOCRACY: a government by nobility or a privileged group.
6. TYRANNY: a state ruled by a cruel person.
7. TIMOCRACY: only property owners can participate in government.
8. TIMOCRACY 2: a state described by Plato as being governed on principles of honor and military glory.
9. MONARCHY: a state ruled by a king or a queen.
10. OLIGARCHY: a government by a small group of people.

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Ancient Athenians only fought when their life was at risk. Athens was not a fighting city state therefore their military was not well known. Athens also discovered and invented new combat techniques . In Athens democracy was one of the biggest causes in military success.  Although Athens military was not widely known they did develop a very strong navy. (source A, B)

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JUDGEMENT ABOUT THE LIFESTYLE IN ANCIENT ATHENS

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JUDGEMENT ABOUT THE LIFESTYLE IN ANCIENT ATHENS

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Life in Ancient Athens was easy because they were not constantly fighting like the Ancient Spartans were. In Athens the children occupied themselves doing art, music, math and many more. The Ancient Athens believed in many gods such as Zeus and Hercules they showed these gods on painting, pottery and they could also make statues of their gods. In Athens the women didn’t get as much benefit from the lifestyle compared to the men. Although girls did not get to go to school they learnt what their job was going to be when they grew up which was to manage their husbands house hold. When the boys were a certain age they went to one of the temples and became a citizen of the city state Athens though girls did not go through that process because the women and slaves were not allowed to be citizens of Ancient Athens (Sources A, B, C, D).

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In Athens the only things girls were taught was how to run their household. For the boys it was different, they learnt how to read, write and memorize the words of Greek philosophers. Men had jobs and were the main ones as well as slaves to go into town to get some food for dinner or to meet in the Agora. The Agora was a place in the town of Ancient Athens where everybody met to speak and catch up on how their life was going but they also spoke about the jobs because their life basically went the same:  The ladies stayed home and worked with their children and if you were a man then you had a job which is why they spoke about jobs because not everyone had the same job. The children played sport and did art, math, science, drama, music etc. The women did not get much benefit from the lifestyle in Ancient Athens. The citizens of Ancient Athens had to be male and also had to be free. The Athenian mother and father were wealthy shop keepers, craftsmen and poor workers. Metics (see definition below this post) were not socially or financially equal, Metics also used to free slaves and citizens from other city states. The citizens of Ancient Athens and also sometimes the slaves and women took part in religious festivals. Citizens also serve as hoplites in the army or oarsmen in the navy. They also can access courts, own factories and also ship slaves. (sources A, B, C)

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In Athens everyone was free however not everyone could be citizens. Only men could be citizens in this city state. Athens invented democracy (demos means ‘the people’ and cracy means ‘rule’) therefore democracy means ‘the people rule’. Men, being free citizens had a say in how the city state Athens was led. Men were citizens though slaves and women were not allowed. Athens was the first city state to be ruled under any kind of democracy. Though only citizens were allowed to vote which meant that only men could vote. The Ancient Athenians believed that if you followed the rules within the city state you should be free. In Ancient Athens a form of democracy was practiced for circa 100 years. (Source A and B)

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The Ancient Athenians were polytheistic which means that they believed in more than one god. Some of the gods and goddesses are: Hercules, Helen of Troy, Zeus, Odysseus, Achilles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Poseidon. Another way The Athenians recognized their gods by of paintings on pottery, sculptures and statues. Zeus was the king of everyone and Poseidon was head of the earthquakes and the seas. Another way they knew the gods was hymns, poetry, and their drama was used to tell stories about the gods. The Ancient Athens built temples so that they could go there to worship the gods. One of the main temples was the Acropolis which was used to worship the goddess of wisdom- Athena. The Acropolis was also used for protecting people in the time of war(Sources A, B ).