Slide 1ANTIQUITY AGE: GREEK ARCHITECTUR E Slide 2 ACROPOLIS A HIGH CITY 500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. CONSTRUCTED DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS Slide 3 Site plan of the Acropolis…

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Slide 1 11/14 Focus 11/14 Focus – The city-states of Greece united against the Persians during the Persian Wars – The Greek victory in the war and the leadership of Pericles…

Slide 1Essential Questions 1.What philosophies came out of Greek culture? 2.What was the effect of the Persian war? Slide 2 Persian Wars After Trojan wars, the Greeks support…

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Slide 1PowerPoint Jeopardy CultureCity-statesPeopleWarsMiscellaneous 10 20 30 40 50 Slide 2 Hellenistic culture is a blend of what 4 cultures? Category 1 – 10 points Slide…

Slide 1Chapter 29 The Golden Age of Athens Slide 2 What were the major cultural achievements of Athens? Slide 3 Slide 4 Pericles, Leader of Athens Slide 5 Athens—City of…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Eratosthenes of Cyrene (275-194 B.C) Eratosthenes was a prominent Greek scholar who spent his early life in Athens. He was a friend and contemporary of Archimedes…

Slide 1 Classical and Hellenistic Greece Slide 2 The Classical Period Opens with Greeks’ victory over Persians at Salamis in 490 B.C.E. Golden Age: 480 B.C.E. and 404 B.C.E.,…