Transcript Greece: All the Learning, with None of the Incest (yeah Zeus, I Just

Greece: All the Learning, with
None of the Incest (yeah Zeus,
I Just Called You Out!)
World History
Unit 4 Sections 1-5
F2, F3
Geography
• Located in
southeastern Europe
• Surrounded by
Aegean, Ionian, and
Mediterranean Seas
• Lots of natural ports
so trade is prevalent
Civilizations
• Minoans and Mycenaeans considered
earliest civilizations (2700-1100 BCE)
• 1100-750 BCE: Greek Dark Ages
– Few written records exist
• Comes out of it thanks to iron tools
and the introduction of grape and
olive cultivation
Politics
• Originators of Democracy
– Demos – “People”, Kratos – “Power”
• First election – Approx. 508 BCE
Military
• 490 BCE – Greece defeats Persia at
Marathon
– Origin of running race of same name
• 480 BCE – Persia defeats Greece at
Thermopylae
– Origin of the movie “300”
• 431 – 404 BCE – Peloponnesian War:
Civil War between Sparta and Athens
Greek Firsts
• Theater – Introduction of tragedies
(drama) and comedies
• Olympics – Ceremony to honor the
Gods on Mt. Olympus
– Eventually evolved into multiple events
• Architecture
– Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns
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Mythology
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Sisyphys and Hades
The Gordian Knot
Persephone, Hades, and Demeter
Pygmalion and Galatea
Narcissus
Icarus
King Midas
Prometheus and Zeus
Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, and the Golden Apple
Theseus and the Minotaur
Pandora’s Box
Cupid and Psyche