Transcript ancient greece - Net Start Class

Greeks
• The Greeks developed the
following kinds of government:
monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny,
oligarchy, and democracy. Our
word politics is derived from the
Greek word polis.
ANCIENT GREECE
GEOGRAPHY
• Mountainous Peninsula
–¾ Mountains
–¼ Fertile Soil
• Mediterranean Sea
• Aegean Sea
• Ionian Sea
• Black Sea
• 1,400 islands
• LAND
– Rugged Mountains
– Not many Natural Resources
– No timber or precious metals
– Distance between Sparta and
Olympia
• 70 miles
• 7 days to travel
• CLIMATE
– Winter – 48 degrees
– Summer – 80 degrees
TIMELINE
• 2000 BC - Crete – Minoans rule
• 1600 BC – Greece – Mycenaean
Kings rule
• 1450 BC – Crete – Mycenaeans
invade Crete
• 1400 BC – Crete – Minoans
disappear
• 1200 BC – Anatolia – Trojan War
Dorian Age
MINOANS
• Civilization developed on island of
Crete
• Narrated history
• Kept extensive records
• Bureaucrats and Trade
• Culture and Art
• Not a military state – proved to be
downfall
RELIGION
• Worshiped
Goddesses
• Snake
Goddess
• Performed
Sacrifices
• Double sided
Bronze Axe
• Used to slice
and kill
human
sacrifices
SACRIFICES AT ANEMOSPILIA
MINOAN PALACE
THEORIES OF
DISSAPPEARANCE
1. Volcanic eruption
Thera – Island 100 km from Crete
Volcanic eruption rated 6
2. Trade collapsed
Imported grain
Famine broke out
3. Mycenaeans invaded and
conquered
Mycenaeans
• 2000 BC – Mainland Greece
• Last phase of Bronze Age in
Greece
• Warrior Kings
• Militaristic Rulers
• Developed City-States
LIFE OF MYCENAEANS
• Nobles
–Life of Splendor
–Drank from Gold Pitchers and
Silver cups
–Buried with Treasures
• Commoners
–Farmers, weavers, goat hearders
–Leftovers from Nobles
MYCENAE
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Leading City-State
On top of steep rocky ridge
20 Ft walls
90 km SW of Athens
Military Strong Hold
Ruins at
Mycenae
Outline of
the City
walls
Recreation of Mycenae
Lion’s Gate at Mycenae
MYCENAEANS ATTACK
MINOANS
• Invade Crete – home of
Minoans
• Learn value of Seaborne trade
• Adapted writing of Minoans
• Minoans lived through legends
DORIANS
• 1200 BC – Mycenaeans were
attacked by sea raiders
• Burned civilization to the ground
• Dorians moved in later
–Spoke Greek dialect
• Distant relatives of Bronze Age
Greeks
DORIAN AGE
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Almost no writing
Trade cased
Economy collapsed
Greek Dark Ages
1150 – 750 BC
–No written record
Q&A
• Describe the life of the
Mycenaeans.
• Who invaded the Mycenaeans?
• Who were the Dorians?
• Describe the Dorian Age.