Ancient Greece
Influences from Ancient Greece
OBJECTIVES • Identify the ways geography and climate
shaped Greek life• Explain the rise and development of
Mycenaean civilization• Describe how Homer and Greek myths
contributed to early Greek Culture
Vocabulary • Peninsula: body of land surrounded by water
on three sides • Mycenaean: Settled on Greek mainland
around 2000 bc• Minoans: Sea faring and trading people that
lived on the island of Crete• Epics: Narrative poems celebrating heroic
deeds
Vocabulary • Trojan War: A war fought between a
Mycenaean army and the independent city of Troy in 1200 B.C.
• Fresco: a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
• Myth: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event
Geography
Geography • Peninsula • Mediterranean Sea/ Aegean Sea • Mountainous• Lacked Natural Resources• Little usable farmland• Climate 48 degrees in Winter/80 degress
summer• Active volcanoes and earthquakes are
common
Minoans
Minoans • The Minoans helped to shape the first
Greek civilization.• 3000 B.C. on Island of Crete • Life tied to sea…Sailing, Trade, Fishing• Frescoes shows Women as Priests• Can’t decipher language• Possible ends to Minoans… Volcano or
Mycenaean's
Minoans
Minoans • Myth of Minotaur• Head of bull and
body of Man
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/pre-greece/minoan/minoan.html
Minoans • http://www.europeupclose.com/article/iraklio
-and-knossos-greece/• http://civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/gre
ece/gr1020e.shtml
Mycenaean
Mycenaean • Traded with Minoans until defeat of
Crete• Powerful Kings • Taxed trade and farming
Mycenaean
Lion’s Gate
Mycenaean• Drought, famines, invasions, end of trade
were factors in the downfall of the Mycenae's in 1100 BC
• Dark Ages followed• People struggled to survive
Quiz (8 pts)• What geographical term is used to describe
Greece’s land formation?• What ancient culture was located on the
island of Crete?• Describe how the Mythical Creature the
Minotaur looked like? • Did Greece have useable farm land?
Trojan War
Trojan War • War between City of Troy and Mycenae's• Most important events in Greek
Mythology • Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey• Epics • Passed through history though spoken
word
Trojan War • Major Characters• Achilles: Greek Warrior/Achilles Heel• Hector: Trojan Prince/brother to
Paris• Paris: Took Helen from Sparta• Helen: Wife of Spartan King • Ajax: Greek Warrior/Killed by Hector
Trojan War
• Trojan Horse
Giovanni Tiepolo painted The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy in 1760.Courtesy National Gallery, London
Trojan War • 1870 German Archaeologist Heinrich
Schliemann found Troy in modern day Turkey
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/ancient/enlarge/ancient-troy.html
Objectives • Identify the different political
systems that developed in the Greek City-States
Vocabulary • Polis: City-State• Acropolis: Fortified hilltop where citizens
gathered to discuss city government• Agora: Open air marketplace• Monarchy: King ruled government• Oligarchy: Government ruled by powerful
people
Vocabulary • Tyrants: Powerful individuals who gained
control of a city-state appealing to the poor for support
City-States
City-States • A City-State is like a small country--
includes a city and the surrounding countryside
• Several Hundred• Athens and Sparta best known • A Greek city-states was known as a polis
made up of two parts: 1) Acropolis
2) Agora
City-States
Parthenon of Athens example of Acropolis
City-States • Each city state had different system of
government• Monarchy• Aristocracy• Oligarchy• Tyrants
Objectives• Describe the government of
Athens• Explain how Athenian and
Spartan governments differed
Activity• Pair up with the person near you. Come
up with 20 traits that are Common between Athens and Sparta and 20 Traits that are different between Athens and Sparta
• Can use the internet and turn in one piece of paper for everyone in your group
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