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Early Greek Civilization

Early Greek Civilization. Geography, civilization, culture. I. The Impact of Geography. Greece consists of a mountainous peninsula and numerous islands. The mountains and seas were the most important geographical influences on Greece. I. Impact of Geography.

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Early Greek Civilization

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  1. Early Greek Civilization Geography, civilization, culture

  2. I. The Impact of Geography • Greece consists of a mountainous peninsula and numerous islands. • The mountains and seas were the most important geographical influences on Greece.

  3. I. Impact of Geography • The many mountain ranges caused small, independent communities to develop different ways of life.

  4. I. The Impact of Geography • Greece has many ports, inlets, and islands. • The Greeks became seafarers. • They sailed into the Aegean, the Black, and the Mediterranean Seas. • They made contact with the outside world and set up colonies and trade throughout the Mediterranean area.

  5. II. The Minoan Civilization • By 2800 B.C., a Bronze Age civilization called the Minoan civilization was established on Crete.

  6. II. The Minoan Civilization • Archaeologists discovered the remains of a rich trading culture based on the seafaring city of Knossos. • The Minoans sailed to southern Greece and Egypt for trade.

  7. II. The Minoan Civilization • The elaborate palace at Knossos contained many brightly colored living rooms, workshops, ivory figurines, jewelry, and bathrooms with drains.

  8. II. The Minoan Civilization • The Minoan civilization on Crete suffered a catastrophe around 1450 B.C. • Some historians believe that a tidal wave caused by a volcanic eruption was the cause.

  9. II. The Minoan Civilization • Others believe the civilization was destroyed by an invasion of mainland Greeks known as Mycenaeans.

  10. III. The First Greek State: Mycenae • The Mycenaeans had a warrior culture. • They also developed an extensive commercial network. • They conquered some of the Greek islands, perhaps even Crete.

  11. IV. Homer • It was during the Greek Dark Age that the works of Homer, one of the world’s great poets appeared.

  12. IV. Homer • Homer’s two epic poems were the Illiadand the Odyssey. • An epic poem is a long poem that tells of a great hero’s deeds.

  13. IV. Homer • The Illiadtakes place during the Trojan War. • Paris, a Trojan prince, kidnaps Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta. • The Mycenaean Greeks lay siege to Troy for ten years, finally taking the city with the famous Trojan horse.

  14. IV. Homer • The Odyssey tells of the Greek hero Odysseus’ ten year return to his home and family.

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