Classical Greece

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Chapter 4

• Classical Greece
• 2000 B.C.-300 B.C.

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How did physical geography shape Greek traditions
and customs?

• Your Answer

• My Answer
• Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea and Black sea were
  important transportation routes
• Greece itself is poor in natural resources
• Mountains cover ¾ of ancient Greece
• Dividing the land into a number of different
  regions
• Made it difficult to unite under a single govt.
• Loyalty was to the small community that you lived
  in

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How did physical geography shape Greek traditions
and customs?- Cont.

• Your Answer

• My Answer
• Uneven terrain
• Made roads primitive
• Unusable land
• Soil was not good for faming (20)
• Couldnt support a large population
• Only about a few million lived in A. Greece at
  any given time
• Motivated the Greeks to look for new colonies
• Climate
• Mild climate allowed for many outdoor activities
• Men would meet outdoors to discuss politics,
  news, etc.

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Explain the rise and development of the Mycenaean
civilization.

• Your answer

• My answer
• Indo-Europeans settle in Greek mainland around
  2000 B.C., named Mycenaean after their leading
  city, Mycenae
• Created fortified wall that was 20 feet thick in
  some places
• Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200
  B.C.

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Explain the rise and development of the Mycenaean
civilization.

• Your answer

• My answer
• Culture
• Kings lead lavish lifestyles
• Buried with their worldly possessions
• Invade Crete and preserve Minoan culture
• Trade
• Writing system
• Legends (a non-historical or unverifiable story
  handed down by tradition from earlier times and
  popularly accepted as historical.) (stories)

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Explain the rise and development of the Mycenaean
civilization.

• Your answer

• My answer
• Trojan War (1200 B.C.)
• 10 year war against Troy (Anatolia)
• Fought over a woman? Helen of Troy
• Evidence suggests that this is more than just a
  legend but may have actually happened

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Explain the rise and development of the Mycenaean
civilization.

• Your answer

• My answer
• Downfall
• Around 1200 B.C. Sea People attacked the
  Mycenaean civilization and burned their
  civilization to the ground

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Describe the Dorian Civilization and how it
shaped ancient Greece.

• Your Answer

• My Answer
• The Dorian Civilization
• Once the Mycenaean civ. collapsed the Dorian civ.
  moved in
• Less advanced
• Trade collapsed
• Forget how to write

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Describe how Homer, legends and myths shaped
ancient Greece.

• Your Answer

• My Answer
• Homer (blind)
• Greek story teller
• Tell the tail of the Trojan War (epics, narrative
  poems celebrating heroic deeds)
• Iliad and the Odyssey
• Illustrated Greek value of virtue and excellence

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Describe how Homer, legends and myths shaped
ancient Greece.

• Your Answer

• My Answer
• Homer (blind)
• Greek story teller
• Tell the tail of the Trojan War (epics, narrative
  poems celebrating heroic deeds)
• Iliad and the Odyssey
• Illustrated Greek value of virtue and excellence

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Describe how Homer, legends and myths shaped
ancient Greece.

• Your Answer

• My Answer
• Myths
• Stories about their Gods, helped Greek to
  understand nature, and power of human passions
• Myths help the Greeks answer the question why?
  Why do things happen