Greece

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Greece

• How it all started!

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Geography

• KEY IDEA The shape of the land caused separate
  groups of Greek speaking peoples to develop in
  isolation

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Geography of Greece
The Climate
The Land
The Sea

1. What is the farthest a Greek would travel to
   reach a coastline?85 miles
2. What 3 Seas were important routesfor
   transportation?
3. Aegean Sea
4. Ionian Sea
5. Black Sea
6. What did these Liquid Highways link?Linked
   most parts of Greece together
7. Why was sea travel and trade important to
   Greece?They lacked natural resources
8. What did Greece lack?
9. Timber
10. Precious Metals
11. Usable farmland

• What covered three fourths of Greece?Rugged
  mountains
• The mountains made it hard to uniteGreece under
  a Single government.
• Greece developed small, independentcommunities .
• How much of the land was suitable
  forfarming?Approx 1/4
• Small streams were not suitable for large-scale
  irrigation projects.
• Why was Greece never able to supporta large
  population?Little farmland or fresh water
  forirrigation
• What was a Greeks diet like? What didthey eat?
• Simple diet
• Grains, meat, olives, grapes,

1. What is the varied range of temperature in
   Greece?
2. Winter 48
3. Summer 80
4. These moderate temperatures supportedan OUTDOOR
   life for manyGreek citizens.
5. Where did men spend much of theirleisure
   time?OUTDOOR PUBLIC EVENTS
6. People often met to
7. Discuss public issues
8. Exchange news
9. Take active role in civic duties_________________
   ________

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The Minoans

• Lived on the island of Crete
• 1500 BCE?
• Had great power in the Mediterranean Sea
• Made many trades with other countries

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The Minoans

• The had sophisticated art
• Enjoyed building palaces
• Decorated them with FRESCOES
• FRESCO ground up paint in limewater mix

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Bull Leaping

• Bull leaping or bull fighting was both a sport
  and a religious ceremony.

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The Palace

• One of the largest cities on Crete was Knossos.
  A great palace was located there - the Palace of
  Knossos where the legendary King Minos lived.

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Minoan Decline

• No one knows why this powerful civilization
  stopped to exist
• THEORY Volcanic eruption on Thera
• Toxic gas
• Caused Tsunamis

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Indo-Europeans

• Began to settle in mainland Greece

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The Mycenaeans

• 1600-1100 BCE
• Replaced the Minoans
• Lived and grew on Mainland Greece
• Leading City Mycenae
• Surrounded by massive wall about 20 feet thick
• Adapted Minoan writing system, art, religion,
  politics
• Advanced in Bronze Iron

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The Trojan War

• 1200 B.C. Mycenaean kings fought a 10 year war
  with Troy
• WHY!?!?!?!?!

Troy
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Trojan War/Homers Iliad

• The Mycenaeans went to war with Troy because Troy
  was controlling a trade route and unfairly taxing
  ships going from southern Russia to Greece.

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The Iliad

• About 500 years later, a blind Greek poet, Homer,
  told the story of the Trojan war - but not quite
  exactly as it happened.

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Helen
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Kidnapped?
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Caused War
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The TROJAN Wall!
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How do we get in???
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The Trojan Horse
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Fact or Fiction?

• Heinrich Shliemann excavated Turkey
• Discovered this story may be TRUE!!

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• Trojan war was over
• Struggle for control of a crucial waterway in the
  Aegean Sea

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The Dorians

• 1150-750 BCE
• Less advanced then the Mycenaeans
• Forgot the art of writing during this age
• No written record exists
• Little known about this time
• Known as the Greek Dark Ages

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Greek Dark Ages

• Homer
• Epics
• Myths
• Gods

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Warring City-States

• Write a couple of notes on Greek City-State or
  POLIS.
• -It was a city and its surrounding countryside

ACROPOLIS
2. What is it? Fortified hilltop, Citizens went
to Marketplace and Gathered to discuss City
government
3. Name the 3 ways to rule a Greek polis and
write a brief description of each. 1-Monarch- 2-
Aristocracy- 3-Oligarchy-
4. What did the shift from bronze to iron weapons
allow? Not just more durable stronger weapons
but weapons Everyone could afford. Now ordinary
citizens could arm Themselves and fight
5. Describe the phalanx formation and how it
worked. Foot soldiers stood side by side each
holding a spear in One hand and a shield in the
other
6. Describe a tyrant. Power individual who seizes
power and control of Government by appealing to
the common people