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Economy and Technology NOTES (not final draft)

 [Jupiterimages] Greek red-figure vessel of students learning to play the lyre (left); and being instructed in speech, from Cerveteri, 480 BCE.



MLA Citation
 "Education in Classical Greece." Image. Jupiterimages. // World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011.      By the fifth century BC, Athens was a commercial center that exported wine and olive oil, which generated a great deal of revenue. It had well-developed architecture, art, and literature, and it held numerous public festivals.
 * Athens and Sparta at the Height of Their Power **

By that time, the city was not only secure but also quite wealthy from its silver mines and from tribute—the dues it had been collecting from its allies among several other Greek city-states in the. A prominent Athenian leader of the time, [|Pericles], put that money to use in rebuilding the [|Acropolis] (the city's high point) and other beautifully decorated sites and monuments around the city. Ultimately, Athens would also have several theaters and auditoriums, a plaza and marketplace (called the [|agora] ), several schools (called gymnasia), and more.

MLA Citation
"Athens and Sparta (Overview)." // World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Technology** > - "To develop cunning and supplement their diet, buys were encouraged to steal food. If caught, thought, they were beaten." > - women were trained to exercise and strengthen their bodies >
 * <span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';"> between 750 b.c. and 500 b.c. noble landowners/military defenders made weapons and chariots out of bronze
 * <span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';">middle class: wealthy merchants, **farmers**, artisans
 * changes in military technology contributed to increased power of middle class
 * in about 650 b.c. iron weapons and tools replace bronze ones, ordinary citizens could afford iron helmets, shields, & swords
 * 24 letters in the greek alphabets
 * Athens education: boys attended school if family could afford, learned to read and write, studied music and memorized poetry. studied to become skilled public speakers. young men received military training and participated in athletic contests
 * Spartans education: at 7, boys begin training for a life in the military, moved to barracks, toughened by a coarse diet, hard exercise and rigid discipline



__**Economy**__ __Spartans__: -isolated themselves from other greeks, looked down on trade and wealth,forbade citizens to travel, had little use for new ideas and art

__Athens__: -foreign artisans produced many goods that Athens traded abroad, but they weren't able to become citizens :(during hard times farmers were forced to sell their land; - In 594 b.c. Solon appointed chief official, he introduced economic reforms, encouraged the export of olive oil and wine, policy helped merchants and farmers by increasing demand for their products; - Athenian tyrant Pisistratus 546 B.C: helped farmers by giving them loans and taking land from nobles; new building projects gave jobs to poor