The Rise of Greek Civilization Chapter 7, Lesson 1 (pg. 174) EQ: How does the geography of How does the geography of place influence the way people live? place influence the way people live?
Dec 21, 2015
The Rise of Greek Civilization
Chapter 7, Lesson 1 (pg. 174)EQ: How does the geography of How does the geography of place influence the way people place influence the way people
live? live?
Geography of Greece
• Greece is located in Europe.
• Near the Mediterranean Sea.
• Greece is a peninsula.• Peninsula is a body
of land surrounded by water on three sides.
• The rest of Greece is made up of islands.
An Island Civilization:
Minoans Minoans
• Civilization developed in island of Create from 2500 BC to 1450 BC.
• Minos was the king• Main settlement
Knossos.• Minoan civilization
collapsed—no on knows why, but some think the Mycenaeans invaded Crete!
The palace at Knossos included a large outdoor theater. Colorful wall paintings decorated the palace, both inside and outside.
Arthur Evens (1900)
Mainland Civilization: Mycenaean
Mycenaean Kingdom • Palace of Mycenae • Kings lived in palace,
nobles lived outside palace walls
• King collected taxes • Traded with different
islands • Polytheistic religion • Conquered the
Minoans
Mycenaean Decline • Civil war and
earthquake • By 1100 BC the
civilization collapsed
• The Dorians (Greek-speaking people) move into the area and conquered the Mycenaean Mycenaean artifacts (student
account)
Dark Age: The Dorians
• Warlike people • Dark Age—lasted 300 years• Trade decreased, poverty,
starvation • They bring iron weapons to Greece • Many Greeks flee to Anatolia
Peninsula
The Hellenes• By 750 BC those who had left Greece
returned—named themselves Hellenes • Brought back new ideas, crafts, and skills • Trade increases, thus a need for writing
developed • Greek alphabet (24 letters), record
keeping becomes easier
Review Questions • 1. How did physical geography influence the
lives of the early Greeks? • How did the seas influence the way many
ancient Greeks lived? • 3. How did civilizations of the Minoans
develop? • 4. What did the discovery at Knossos reveal
about the Minoans • 5. How did the Dorian invasion help spread
Greek culture?
Greek Colonies • Greeks established
many coloniescolonies along the Mediterranean Sea between 750 BC and 550 BC.
• Colonies traded with the parent cities in the mainland Greece.
Greek Polis• Because Greece is made up
of many islands, and has many tall mountains, the Greeks began to build city-states instead of one country.
• A city-state is a city with its own laws, rulers, and money.
• City-states known as popollisis.• Some small others large,
such as Athens which had 300,000 people.
Greek Polis: Government
• Most city-states were monarchies—ruled by a king.
• Some of the city-states were oligarchies—ruled by powerful elite members of society
• Athens was a democracy—a government in which all citizens can vote and have equal say in what happens.
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