Human Geo 9/6/17

Today in human geography we went over the words that we started talking about yesterday and i learned about the agora, polis, the importance of 508 BC to the Greeks, Socrates, Socrates' death, the Socratic method, and what the ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot. The agora was a meeting place where people would have discussions whether for a market or just as friends. The polis were political entities that were ruled by their bodies of citizens. 508 BC was important because it was the first time in recorded human history that anybody rebelled against their ruler. Socrates was a Greek philosopher who created the Socratic method of ask many questions and give answers. Socrates was found guilty of 2 crimes and was sentenced to death by way of drinking poison hemlock which was a slow and painful way to go. The ancient Greeks meant that if they called you an idiot you could not talk at the agora with other people.

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