Transcript Greece

Zachary Ferrell
Chance Bailey
Greece is a peninsula with
many smaller peninsulas
 Greece is also covered in
mountains which makes
travel longer than it would
take on flat ground
 Greece contains the cities
of Aetolia, Locris,
Acarnania
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Arcadia is a plateau over mountain
ranges Greece is surrounded by the
Mediterranean Sea contains 1400 islands.
Mild winters, long hot and dry summers the
sea allowed them to trade with other
civilizations around the continent
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Upper class: do not trade
Middle class: free men of
foreign birth
Lower class: would have
been slaves
Slaves: Mostly prisoners
of war, considered
barbarians
Currency was called
talents
Land owners needed
about 20 talents to own
land
 Slaves:
Mostly prisoners of war, considered
barbarians
 Currency was called talents
 Land owners needed about 20 talents to own
land
 Economics
include
weaving, baking
metal, clay, and
leather work.
 In the Bronze Age
created the potter’s
wheel.
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Minoans worshipped
Goddesses, few male gods
Worshiped mother goddess
Some think all goddesses
were same goddess
Sacred Symbols Where
Bull, The pillar, The
serpent,the sun disk, The
tree
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http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index5.txt
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http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/date/2008/02
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Goddesses
Mother Goddess of fertility
Mistress of the Animals
Protectress of Cities, the
house hold, the harvest, the
under world and more
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http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/objectidentification/deck/2349995
http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index5.txt
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The most sighnificant
achievement was there
writing system
Named Linear B
Linear B was used for
Marketing and selling
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http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/mg/gallery/achieveme
nts/gr4.html
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http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/mg/achievements/inde
x.html
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http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index5.txt
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Greek Cities were originally
monarchies
All though power rested
with Landowners
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http://upge.wn.com/?t=ancientgreece/index5.txt
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The Greek cities started
warring with each other
6th century BC several cities
had emerged dominant
Athens, Sparta, Corinth,
and Thebes
http://www.concierge.com/travelguide/athens/seeanddo/83
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