History of Ancient Greece

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History of Ancient Greece

• Three Main Periods of Greek History
• Aegean Age 3000 BC - 1200 BC
• Hellenic Age 1200 BC - 336 BC
• Hellenistic Age 336 BC - 146 BC

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Neolithic Culture
3000 BC
Minoan Civilization
2500 BC
2000 BC
Mycenaean and Ionian Civilization
Aegean Age
1400 BC
Mycenaean Invasion of Crete
1200 BC
Dorian Invasions
1000 BC
700 BC
ANCIENT GREECE
Hellenic Age
500 BC
479 BC
336 BC
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Age
Roman Conquest
146 BC
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AEGEAN AGE
Minoan Civilization

• Around 2500 BC inhabitants of Crete built a rich
  civilization.
• Became known as Minoans after an early king named
  Minos. Literate and highly skilled.
• Absorbed ideas of other civilizations through
  Cultural Diffusion
• Built a great palace in the city of Knossos
• Traded and influence uncivilized people on the
  Greek mainland.
• Around 1500 BC Crete was heavily damaged by a
  nearby volcano. Minoan civilization quickly
  declined.
• By 1400, the Mycenaeans had taken control of Crete

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Artist Rendering of the Minoan Palace at Knossos
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Minoan Palace at Knossos - Excavated
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Minoan Palace at Knossos - Excavated
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Aegean AgeMycenaeans and Ionians

• Around 2000 BC, two major nomadic tribes migrated
  into Greece
• Ionians settled in central Greece, the Aegean
  isles and Asia minor. They were literate and
  peaceful
• Mycenaeans were warlike. They built fortified
  cities on the Peloponnesus.
• Mycenaeans were greatly influenced by the
  Minoans. By 1400 BC they had gained control of
  Crete.
• Mycenaean civilization began to decline shortly
  thereafter.
• By 1200 BC the Mycenaeans were overthrown by a
  group of barbarians known as the Dorians. This
  ended the Aegean Age

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Mycenaean Palace - Excavated
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Artist Rendering of Mycenaean Palace
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Mycenaean Tomb and Treasures
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Ionian and Dorian Settlements
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The Hellenic Age

• Divided into Four Periods

The Age of Kings (The Dark Ages)
The Age of Nobles
The Persian Wars
The Golden Age of Greece
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The Hellenic Age

• The Age of Kings (Dark Ages) 1000-700 BC
• The Dorians were illiterate and warlike and
  constantly fought against the more peaceful
  Ionians.
• Dorians and Ionians built city-states ruled by
  kings Greece entered a dark age because of the
  loss of literacy.
• The history of this period comes from the epic
  poems the Iliad and the Odyssey by the blind poet
  Homer.

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The Hellenic Age
The Age of Nobles

• By 700 BC, nobles began taking power from the
  kings and forming governments known as
  Aristocracies
• By 650 BC, the nobles had become unpopular and
  lost power
• Reformers known as Tyrants took over the
  city-states
• Tyrants ruled most city-states from 650-500 BC
• Tyrants became as harsh and unjust as the kings
  had been and were overthrown by 500 BC. This
  ended the Age of Nobles.
• New forms of government began to develop in the
  city-states
• Beginning in 499 BC, a series of conflicts known
  as the Persian Wars threatened the existence of
  Greece

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