Greece. Southern part of the Balkan Peninsula Northeastern Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea to the East, Ionian Sea to the West Long, uneven coastline.

Greece

Southern part of the Balkan Peninsula Northeastern Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea to the East, Ionian Sea to the

West Long, uneven coastline Sea played an important role in Greece Mountainous, kept villages apart, couldn’t

unite, allowed invaders from the North Short rivers, unnavigable Geography kept a large empire from

forming, instead city-states develop

Geography

Minoans: Lived on the island of Crete Named after King Minos Sailors and traders Strong navies In 1628 a tidal wave destroyed many

settlements and Minoan civilization grew weak.

Early Greeks

Mycenaeans Lived on Greek mainland Conquered Minoans Warring people Built fort-like cities in the Peloponnesus By 1200 BC earthquakes and war had

destroyed most cities Used linear B, a form of writing used by

the Minoans, that served as an early form of Greek writing

Early Greeks

Polis is the Greek word for city-state A polis developed around a fort (acropolis) Made up of the fort, city and farming villages Independent and self sufficient Represented Greek identity Small with a small population Agora-marketplace, public meeting place Each had on government and laws, calendar,

money, and weights and measurements All spoke same language and shared many

religious and cultural charactersitics

City-States

Polytheistic Did not emphasize personal morality Greeks looked to religion for 3 things:

To explain nature To explain emotions Attain certain benefits

Not concerned with life after death Used myths-stories about gods and

goddesses Zeus and Athena

Pleasing gods was important Olympic Games

Religion

Using pages 111-112 and 115-117 complete the graphic organizer entitled Greece: The Birthplace of Democracy

Government

Sparta & Athens- pgs 113-120

Persian Wars Battle of Marathon Battle of Thermopylae Platea

Delian League-Pericles Peloponnesian War

Athens vs. Sparta

Expansion of Greece

Greek Art Philosophers

Socrates Plato Aristotle

Golden Age

Son of Phillip II of Macedon Student of Aristotle Skilled military commander Conquered Persia, Asia Minor, Egypt, and

Mesopotamia Becomes seriously ill and dies at 33 in 323

BC Alexander purposely spread Greek culture

wherever he went The mixture of cultures from the

Mediterranean and Asia become known as Hellenistic Culture

Alexander the Great

Hellenistic culture produced great achievements in the arts, sciences, philosophy, and religion.

Characterized by many new advancements in technology.

List 3 achievements from Hellenistic culture on your graphic organizer.

Hellenistic Culture