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Intro to Early Greek History

Explore the geography of Ancient Greece from coastlines to mountains, learn about city-states, resources, Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, the Trojan War, and the transition from Dark Ages to Classical period.

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Intro to Early Greek History

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  1. Intro to Early Greek History CHW3M Ms. Gluskin

  2. Geography Black Sea Aegean Sea Asia Minor Pelopponesus Mediterranean Sea Crete World Civilizations Syllabus. Map Quiz No. 2 – Classical Greece. 2004. http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/maps/map2.html (March 5, 2011).

  3. Coastal Terrain • A lot of it • Jagged, most of settlements near coast • Natural harbours • Lots of islands (in Med. Sea, Aegean Sea) • Therefore, depend on sea; lots of foreign contact, trade, colonies; possibly vulnerable to invasion

  4. Physical Map Darker colours = higher altitudes Mountains of Greece. N.d. www.in2greece.com (Feb. 4, 2012).

  5. Inland terrain • Mountainous (steep but not that high) • Rocky: not suitable to large-scale agriculture like Egypt (not wheat) • Hot and dry summers, little rainfall • Therefore: mountains prevented areas from unifying; independent city-states (polis)

  6. City States Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Greek Galleries: Geography of Ancient Greece. 2011. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Greek/map2.htm (March 4, 2011).

  7. Resources

  8. Natural Resources • Few, unevenly distributed • Gold, silver • Marble (monuments, sculpture) • Iron ore • Clay (pottery) • Olive trees, grape vines • Therefore: trade of their major products

  9. Timeline • Bronze Age (heroic age) • Dark Age • Classical Period (golden age) • Hellenistic Period (after Alexander’s death)

  10. Minoan Civilization • Island of Crete • 3000 – 1100 BCE Minoan Bull Leaper Bronze Bull, 1300-1200 BCE Right: The British Museum, Highlights: Minoan Bull Leaper. N.d. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/minoan_bull_and_acrobat.aspx (March 4, 2011) Left: Heritage Key Media. Top 10 Treasures to See at the British Museum. 2011 http://heritage-key.com/blogs/ann/top-10-minoan-treasures-see-british-museum (March 4, 2011).

  11. Minoan Civ, con’t • Archaeology Magazine: Minoans in Manhattan (2008) – photo gallery • http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/minoans/jpegs/index.php?start=1 • Minnesota State University Mankato – E Museum: Ancient Greek Civilizations Image Gallery – Minoan Art • http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/galleryimages/minoanimages.html • Theseus and the Minotaur • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrZ1clEp-Y

  12. Mycenaeans • 1700-1250 BCE • Mainland Greece • Conquered Crete • Art influenced by Minoan art Terracotta krater, 13th Century BCE Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Mycenaean Civilization. 2000, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.966 (March 4, 2011).

  13. Mycenaean Archaeology • Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past • http://proteus.brown.edu/greekpast2010/admin/download.html?attachid=13998945

  14. The Trojan War Reconstruction at Troy • Myth and history? • The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War – the myth as shown through Greek vase painting • http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/families_and_children/online_tours/the_trojan_war/the_trojan_war.aspx The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War. N.d. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/families_and_children/online_tours/the_trojan_war/the_end_of_achilles_and_troy.aspx (March 5, 2011).

  15. Ajax and Hektor Fighting Perseus Digital Library, Image of Louvre G115, N.d., http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/image?img=Perseus:image:1992.06.0585 (March 5, 2011).

  16. The Hellespont Livius.org, Hellespont, 2007, http://www.livius.org/he-hg/hellespont/hellespont.html (March 5, 2011).

  17. Dark Age • 1100-750 BCE • End of Mycenaean civilization • Decline of trade • Dorian invasions • Basic agricultural life • Little evidence, written or otherwise

  18. Coming Out of the Dark Ages • Alphabet • Olympics • Homer (Iliad, Odyssey) • Colonies Roman bust of Homer, c. 2nd century CE, Baeie, Italy The British Museum, Explore, Marble Bust of Homer, N.d., http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/m/marble_portrait_bust_of_homer.aspx (March 5, 2011).

  19. Phoenecians Kaloustian. Lebanon. 2008. http://www.kaloustian.eu/Lebanon-Beirut/index%20Lebanon.htm (March 8, 2011).

  20. Greek Alphabet Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Alphabet (Early Greek). N.d., http://proteus.brown.edu/greekpast/4739 (March 5, 2011).

  21. Linear B Script = Syllables Ancient Scripts.com, Linear B, 2010, http://www.ancientscripts.com/linearb.html (March 5, 2011).

  22. Olympics • Started 776 BCE • National Geographic video (3 mins) • http://www.natgeoeducationvideo.com/film/958/ancient-greek-olympics Olive wreath as prize SI.com. 2008. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extramustard/07/31/old-vs-new-olympics/ (March 8, 2011).

  23. Greek Gods Mount Olympus, home of the gods

  24. Colonies University of Texas. Map: Greek Sicily. 2010. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/ancientfilmCC304/lecture6/detail.php?linenum=1 (March 8, 2011).

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