Transcript Regents Review - Ancient Greece

Bronze Age Greece
Minoan Civilization
Why do archaeologists and
anthropologists think the
Minoans were comfortable
being at sea?
The Mycenaean Civilization:
Conquerors of Troy
● Trojan War
● Helen of Troy
● Homer
● The Iliad &
The Odyssey
SPARTA
● Military society
● Enslaved the
Messenias (helots)
● Valued duty,
strength, &
discipline over
beauty & freedom
SPARTA
ATHENS
♦ Center of Greek culture
♦ Solon’s reforms – no
debt slavery, fair legal
system
♦ Cleisthenes – extended
democracy to all citizens
Persian Wars: 499 BCE – 480 BCE
The Greeks were outnumbered 4 to 1. The Persians were the
largest, most sophisticated empire the world had yet seen.
Persian Wars: Famous Battles
$ Marathon
Pheidippides runs 26 miles
with word of victory
$ Thermopylae
300 Spartans at the
mountain pass
$ Salamis (480 BCE)
Athenian navy victorious
Phidias’ Acropolis
The Acropolis (Hill-city in Greek) was and is the center of
Athens. After defeating the Persians Athens got one of
the most expensive makeovers the world has ever seen!
The Acropolis Today
The Parthenon
Built of gleaming white marble that was actually painted
over, this is one of the most important buildings in the
world. It has influenced countless other buildings and
builders. The Athenians demonstrated both their civic
pride and understanding of advanced engineering in its
construction. It was a temple to the city’s patron goddess
and namesake Athena.
The Ancient Olympics:
Athletes & Trainers
Male athletes represented their city-states and competed
in different sporting events. The prize was a laurel crown;
never money! Glory for his city-state would follow him
forever.
Greek Philosophers
Socractes
♦ Encouraged his students to
question themselves & their
moral character
♦ The Socratic Method teachers engage students by
asking questions that
require generative answers.
♦Put on trial for “corrupting the
youth of Athens”
♦Put to death by drinking
poison
“The only true wisdom is in
knowing you know nothing.”
Greek Philosophers
Plato
♦ Student of Socrates
♦Founded The Academy in
Athens
♦Wrote The Republic which
focuses on the central
question of how to live a good
life, asking what an ideal State
would be like, and what
defines a just individual.
♦Platonic love
“At the touch of love everyone
becomes a poet.”
Greek Philosophers
Aristotle
♦ Student of Plato
♦ Founded The Lyceum which
taught physics, biology,
metaphysics, logic, and
constituted the first
comprehensive system of
Western philosophy
♦ Taught Alexander the Great
“The roots of education are
bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
Alexander the Great
♦ Son of Philip II of Macedonia
♦ Student of Aristotle
♦ Became king of Macedonia & Greece at age 20
♦ Conquered Persia, Babylon, Egypt, the Indus Valley, &
much of central Asia
♦ Considered one of the greatest leaders of all time
Alexander the Great’s Empire
The Hellenization of Asia
The Economy of the Hellenistic World