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Ancient Greece. Territory included: Mountainous peninsula Divided Greeks – never unified 1,400 islands W. coast Asia Minor/Anatolia “Did not live on land, but AROUND seas” Seas = Liquid highways Trade very important b/c little resources No timber, precious metals, usable farmland
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Territory included: • Mountainous peninsula • Divided Greeks – never unified • 1,400 islands • W. coast Asia Minor/Anatolia • “Did not live on land, but AROUND seas” • Seas = Liquid highways • Trade very important b/c little resources • No timber, precious metals, usable farmland • Ate simple diet grapes, grains, olives • Moderate climate • Winter = 48 degrees F • Summer = 80 degrees F • Most people spent time outside Geography Greece
I Zeus, overthrown by my son… Marriage of Thetis and Peleus
Who is the fairest of them all… Hera Athena Aphrodite
The bribe: the most beautiful woman Helen of Sparta
911 there’s a problem… Menelaus Agamemnon
Convincing Odysseus & Achilles to join war… Odysseus Achilles
Help I’m stuck and I can’t get unstuck… Iphigenia
The 10th year… Plague Briseis Death of Patroclus Death of Hector Death of Achilles Death of Paris
Helen gets back w/ Menelaus, but they’re stranded in Egypt for 7 years Agamemnon makes it back to Mycenae, but is killed by his wife Clytemnestra with an axe Odysseus wandered the sea for 10 years before returning home to Ithaca The “real” end of the story…
The 9 layers of Ancient troy Homer’s Troy(VII)
Minoans Mycenae • Island of Crete • Sir Arthur Evans • King Minos • Peaceful culture? • Palace culture, vivid frescos, bull cult, fishing and trade • Linear A • Minotaur • Greek Mainland • Schliemann • King Agamemnon • Warlike culture • Palace culture, walls and defenses, beehive and shaft graves • Linear B • Troy Summary of Minoans and Mycenaean’s
The Dorian Invasion (DORIANS}
Greek City State or Citizen State • “the people” or “the community” The Polis