The Growth of CivilizationsUNIT 2

The Greek City States

The Early Greeks and Rise of City-StatesObjectives:

- Analyze the role that geography played in early Greek history

- Describe the development of the Greek city-states

The Sea and the Land

• The geography had much to do with the way de Greeks lived

• Location:– Fishers– Sailors– Traders

• People from Egypt and Fertile crescent also traveled to Greece bringing goods and ideas

Early Greek Peoples

• The Minoans:– Develop in the island of Crete– Named after the legendary king Minos– Minos palace at the city of knossos.– The palace and homes had running water– Artists covered the palace walls with colorful

frescoes, other artists carved figures from bronze, gold, ivory, silver and stone

– Minoans worshipped a bull and earth godess

• The Minoans:– Sailors and traders = poor soil– Volcano eruption destroy many coastal

settlements.– Mycenaeans from the Greek mainland conquered

Crete.– Frescoes

• The Mycenaeans:– Controlled Greece– Tribes and clans– Each clan had its own chief– Built forts– Adopt Minian system of writing– Earthquakes and warfare destroyed many cities

• The Mycenaeans occupied most of Greece form the 17th century BC to the 12th century BC.One of there most effective weapon was the chariot.The Mycenaean chariot suffer an evolution thorough the period; one of those chariots was the dual chariot, that used two warriors.: a driver and a fighting man.There is much controversy has were the driver wore armour or whether the fighting man was a archer or a spearman.In this illustration we chose to portray the driver unarmoured and the fighting man as a spearman, although we must admit that it could have been different.This chariot was used in the 16th century BC.

The City-States of Greece• Formed independent city-states• Polis represented Greeks identity• City-states = polis– Geographical situation– Community that it represented– Political and economical independance

The City-States of Greece• 1st: covered land• 2nd: population of slaves and non-citizens• 3rd: original fort built on the acropolis• Temples and public building were also built in

the acropolis.• Agora = Marketplace = served the main public

meeting place

• The City-States of Greece• Each city-state formed his form of government

and laws• Each city-state had their own calendar, money

and system of weights and measures• Spoke the same language• Share religious ideas, cultural characteristics

and festivals• Strong feeling for identity

Section 1 Review

• Define and Identify the significance:– Frescoes:– Polis:– Acropolis:– Agora: – Minoans:– Mycenaeans: