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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece. Greek Geography. Mount Olympus Mountainous with small plains & river valleys Warfare devastated Greek society Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian Sea Greeks were seafarers. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/world_pol495.jpg. NC. Greece.

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Ancient Greece

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  1. Ancient Greece

  2. Greek Geography • Mount Olympus • Mountainous with small plains & river valleys • Warfare devastated Greek society • Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian Sea • Greeks were seafarers

  3. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/world_pol495.jpg • NC • Greece

  4. http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Europe-North-Africa-map.gifhttp://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Europe-North-Africa-map.gif

  5. Ionian Sea • Troy • Mt Olympus • Knossos

  6. Greek Civilization • Minoan civilization established on island of Crete 2700 B.C. • Complex civilization- very advanced- running water, language (linear A) • Importance of the Bull • 1450 B.C. Minoans were invaded by Mycenaeans

  7. Bull Jumping http://ejmuybridge.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bulldance1.jpg

  8. Greek Civilization • Mycenaean civilization prospered around 1400 B.C. • Powerful monarchies • Wrote in Linear B • Tholos tombs • Warrior society • Large commercial network- occupied mainland, Crete, and many islands

  9. Linear B Writing http://www.sicher.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/linearb-1.gif

  10. Tholos Tomb http://www.historywiz.com/beehivetombs.htm http://www.historywiz.com/beehivetombs.htm

  11. Greek Civilization • Mycenaeans conquered Crete • States began fighting one another • Natural disasters wiped out farm land • Invaded by Sea People/ Dorians • 1100 B.C. civilization collapsed • 1100 – 750 – Dark Age – few records exist

  12. King Agamemnon of Mycenaeans http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/MaskAgamemnon.png/200px-MaskAgamemnon.png

  13. Dark Age • Few records exist, written or otherwise • Expanded to Asia Minor- Ionia • Looking for good farmland • Increase of agriculture, trade • Rise of Iron Age • Replaced Bronze Age

  14. Greek Civilization • Greeks adopted Phoenician alphabet • Epic poem – long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero • Homer • The Iliad and The Odyssey • Mycenaeans and the Trojan War

  15. The Poet, Homer

  16. Greek Polis • 750 B.C. polis – Greek city-state, was focus of Greek life • Acropolis – fortified gathering place on top of a hill • Agora – open area that served as a place where people could assemble, also a market

  17. Athenian Acropolis

  18. Greek Military • Conflict between city-states began • Created need permanent army • Hoplites – heavily armed infantry • Led to new styles of fighting

  19. Hoplite

  20. Ancient Greece • Phalanx – rectangular shoulder to shoulder military formation • Between 750 – 550 B.C. Greeks began to expand • Byzantium – modern day Turkey • Spread throughout the Mediterranean

  21. Phalanx Formation

  22. Phalanx Formation

  23. Greek Governments • Oligarchy • Rule by a few • a.k.aAristocracy • Large and wealthy landowners • Controlled economy • Many fell at the hands of tyrants Tyranny • Ended aristocrats rule in many states • Seized and maintained power by force • Support from wealthy merchants who wanted political change • Fell by 6th Century BC

  24. Greek Governments Democracy • Government by the people or rule by many • End of tyranny allowed people chance to participate in government • First major polis to adopt was Athens

  25. Sparta • Oligarchy, military state ruled by 2 kings • Helots – captured people made to work for Spartans • Super strict rules, laws, and social structure • Closed off to the outside world

  26. Athens • Unified in 700BCE • Draco- 621BCE- • first lawgiver, to end murder- uses harsh punishment- Draconian • Solon- given 1 year to fix Athens • Becomes known for "giving the law a conscience“ • Peisistratus took control, followed by son • Cleisthenes takes over in 510BCE • Created a council of 500 • Start of Democracy

  27. Alliances • Peloponnesian League • Headed by Spartans • Corinth, Argos, Elis • Delian League • A.k.a. Athenian League • Massive alliance, including many islands and towns across Aegean Sea • Different contributions

  28. Persian Wars • Persia took over Asia Minor and Ionia • Darius seeks revenge, and attacks Athens • Athenians defeat Persians at Marathon in 490BC • Xerxes vows revenge

  29. King Darius of Persia

  30. Persian Wars • Greece prepares for attack • Athenians built up navy, Spartans led defensive league • Xerxes invades • Thermopylae – 300 Spartans • Athenians abandon city, form army to win

  31. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ancientgreekmapsandmore/486481344/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ancientgreekmapsandmore/486481344/ Thermopylae Marathon Salamis

  32. Athenian Empire • Athenians formed an defense alliance against Persians • Golden Age of Greece • Age of Pericles • 461 – 429 B.C.

  33. Age of Pericles http://oregonrepublicanparty.org/sites/default/files/quotepics/Pericles.jpg

  34. Age of Pericles • Direct democracy- expanded political involvement • Ostracism – banning politicians by vote • Economy based on farming & trade • Women were ignored, expect in religious festivals

  35. The Olympics • The first Olympic games were held in 776BCE • Greatest festival of sports • Held at Olympia every four years

  36. Boxing

  37. Equestrian

  38. Horse Riding

  39. Discus

  40. Javelin

  41. Running

  42. Chariot Racing

  43. Wrestling

  44. Religion • Mt. Olympus • 12 Gods/ Goddesses • Believed spirits went to underworld • Rituals – ceremonies/rites to please gods • Oracle at Delphi

  45. Architecture • The Acropolis • Geometric proportions • Symmetry

  46. Erechtheum Parthenon

  47. Classical Greece- Art • Greek sculpture • Ideal beauty • Scientific proportions • Pottery http://www.ancientgreece.com/media/img/scul2.jpg

  48. Classical Greece-Drama • Greek tragedies • Aeschylus • Sophocles – Athenian playwright – Oedipus Rex • Euripides • Thucydides – greatest historian of ancient world http://www.greecepicturetour.com/pictures/dionysus-theater-from-acropolis.jpg

  49. Classical Greece- Education • 6th century – Pythagoras • Hippocrates  “Father of Medicine • Sophists – traveling teachers who rejected speculation such as that of Pythagoras as foolish

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