What Makes Greeks So Memorable?

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  • THE BEGINNING OF THE IRON AGE
    1100 BCE

    THE BEGINNING OF THE IRON AGE

    Iron was a more useful metal than bronze, because it made the Greek soldiers' weapons and armor stronger and the army more victorious. However, iron was a heavy metal and hard to work with,
  • THE GREEK WRITING SYSTEM
    800 BCE

    THE GREEK WRITING SYSTEM

    The Greeks developed their own writing system which allowed for them to record tax records, merchandise transactions, literature, poetry, and drama.
  • GREEK ART
    650 BCE

    GREEK ART

    This was the Archaic Period in which geometric designs described human figures and piece of art told a story
  • ATHENS
    600 BCE

    ATHENS

    Athens is the place where democracy began for the Greeks. It is a place known to celebrate drama, art, and music.
  • GREEK SCIENCE
    585 BCE

    GREEK SCIENCE

    Greek Scientists used math, rational inquiry, and inductive reasoning to explain things and events.
  • GREEK PHILOSOPHY
    449 BCE

    GREEK PHILOSOPHY

    Philosophy means the "love of knowledge". It has established moral and ethical codes in which we use today. Socrates taught Plato who taught Aristotle who then tutored Alexander the Great.
  • PERCILES
    431 BCE

    PERCILES

    He was important in Athenian politics and brought about the idea of paying public servants.
  • GREEK HISTORY
    410 BCE

    GREEK HISTORY

    Thucydide, the father of history writing. He wrote about the Peloponnesian War.
  • GREEK HUMANISM
    404 BCE

    GREEK HUMANISM

    This was the idea being that humans were not put on this earth to have the Gods make them suffer. Humans were to be beautiful, creative, and able.
  • PYTHEAS
    330 BCE

    PYTHEAS

    He carefully avoided the Carthaginian blockade and made it through to the Atlantic Ocean. Pytheas sailed to France, England, Scotland, and Denmark trading and noting the different cultures.