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Bellringer: 10/30 and 11/4
• Write down or discuss with your neighbors 3-4 things you remember about the Persian Empire.
Table of Contents Update:
• Page #:
Agenda:
• 1. Bellringer• 2. Notes: Greek Geography and Origins• 3. Activities:
• Geography Packet• Perseus Myth Reading
Greek Geography and Origins
• Ms. Allen• World History
• 2015-2016
Europe: An Overview
Satellite ViewMore vegetation than the Middle East
Map 1: Regions of Europe
• Northern Europe
• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Not clearly defined!• Central
Europe• Southern
Europe
Map 2: Peninsulas on Europe
• Balkan Peninsula• Peloponnesus• Italian• Iberian• Normandy• Scandinavian
IberiaBalkans
Scandinavia
Normandy
Peloponnes
us
Italy
Map 3: Bodies of Water
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea Aegean Sea Adriatic Sea Strait of
Gibraltar English
Channel North Sea Baltic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
BlackSea
AegeanSea
Adriatic SeaStrait ofGibraltar
English Channel
North Sea
Baltic Sea
List the Major Rivers:
Important boundaries:
• Rhine• DanubeImportant
trade route:• Dnieper
Map 4: Mountains
• Alps• Pyrenees• Apennine
s• Caucasus• Urals
Alps
PyreneesApennines
Caucasus
Urals
The Geography of Greece
Where is it? The Balkan Peninsula: (land surrounded by water on three sides), includes Greece and other Southeastern European countries
Geographic Terms
• With the person next to you, do your best to define the following geographic terms on your notes:• Isthmus• Peninsula• Strait• Island• Arable land
An example of a strait (narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water) are the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Strait
Peninsula
• EX: Balkan Peninsula• Definition: A piece of land surrounded
by water on 3 sides
Isthmus
• EX: Isthmus of Corinth• Definition: A narrow strip of land with
sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
Island
• EX: Rhodes, Delos, Samos, Crete• Definition: A piece of land surrounded
entirely by water
Arable Land
• EX:• Definition: Land that is suitable for
farming that can sustain and produce good crop yields
•Facts of Life: Greek Geography Edition
Mountainous TerrainContrast to…- Civilizations with flatter terrain (i.e.
Egypt)- Civilizations with more traversable or
arable land
Effect on Greece…- City-states develop in isolation- Less unified, harder to unify because of
geographic barriers
Hundreds of Islands dotted between adjacent seas
Contrast to…- Centralized, unified empires- Civilizations not separated by water
Effect on Greece…- Forced to develop seafaring abilities (look to
the Phoenician design for ships)- Travel is difficult (by land)- Not easy to get from city-state to city-state
quickly
Throwback: Royal Road (Persia)
Travel is a problem…• Royal Road:
1500 miles, 9 days
• Sparta to Olympia: 60 miles, 7 days
Many small streams, no large riversContrast to…- River valley civilizations and their
successors (i.e. Yellow River Valley Qin and Han China)
- Other classical civilizations
Effect on Greece…- Travel/transportation is more difficult- No “flooding” to help crops grow- Harder to establish contact with other
civilizations outside the Mediterranean region
Few fertile plains for growing cropsContrast to…- River valley civilizations- Other classical civilizations
Effect on Greece…- Economy centered on trade, not
agriculture- Difficulty growing crops- Forced to trade for sustenance
Climate problems: Constant sun and little rainContrast to…- Non-Mediterranean civilizations- Civilizations where climate was
less mild
Effect on Greece…- Difficulty producing crops- Droughts
Why did Greek city-states develop independently?
Activities:
• Using the packet readings and your logic skills…• Label The Map of Greece (pp. 108-
112)• Label Greece in the World (pp. 108-
112, 139, 145)• Read the information about the
Geography of Greece and answer the questions
Early Greeks: The Minoans c. 3200 -1100 BCE• Lived on island of Crete • Great navigators and
farmers • Palace led political, social
and economic organization at Knossos
• Artistic expressions and grand construction
• Advancements in bronze • Built sanctuaries
Minoan Culture• Art work (drawings, murals or frescoes) at
Knossos shows dangerous sports such as leaping over the backs of charging bulls as well as dancing, athletics, and festivals
Myth of the Minotaur
• Minoan Myth of King Minos at Knossos • Theseus defeats the Minotaur (half man
half bull) and escapes from the maze like structure called the labyrinth, saving the youth of Athens
THEORIES FOR DECLINE OF MINOANS
• 1750 BCE- earthquake destroys Minoan palaces • 1628 BCE- volcano erupts at Thera • 1400 BCE- War between Minoans and Myceaneans
led to decline of power
Enter the Mycenaeansc. 1700 – 600 BCE
• 1490 BCE- Minoan palaces had been rebuilt however all were destroyed except at Knossos by Mycenaean warriors
• Mycenaeans took control of Crete at Knossos by 1500 BCE • Myceneans controlled mainland Greece = main political centre was
Mycenae • More interested in war as pottery and grave sites reflect hunting,
weapons, armour and war as well as fortified palace walls • Slowly Minoan culture and traditions disappeared
THEORIES FOR DECLINE OF MYCEANEANS• Shift in climate leading to drought forcing
Myceanans to migrate to more fertile lands
• Tribe of nomadic warriors from north of Greece (Dorians) destroyed Mycenaeans