Slide 1 Section 1 The First Greek Civilizations Slide 2 The Impact of Geography Greece is a small, mountainous peninsula; many islands; mountains and sea played a key role…

Slide 1 The Rise of Ancient Greece Slide 2 I. Background Information Mediterranean Empire Mountainous terrain, Coastal plains –Isolated and Protected Mild climate with…

Slide 1 Persia and Greece The beginning of Western Civilization Slide 2 The Persian Empire Slide 3 Cyrus the Great 580 – 529 B. C. E.  A tolerant ruler  he allowed…

Slide 1 Slide 2 The Geography of Greece Slide 3 Geography of Greece ¾ is Mountains; poor farming land¾ is Mountains; poor farming land Ionian, Aegean, and Meditteranean…

Slide 1 Minoan Civilization: Arthur Evans and KnossosArthur Evans and Knossos Slide 2 Minoans and Mycenaeans Slide 3 English archaeologist Arthur Evans holds a Cretan sculpture…

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