By: Joshua Raymond Lacny, Jonathan Gregory Truba, Brandon David Vincent

 Aegean Sea  Balkan and Peloponnesus peninsula, Europe, Asia Minor  Mediterranean Sea  Black Sea, Dardanelles  Athens, Sparta, Troy  Macedonia

 The Aegean covers an estimated area of 83,000 square miles, approximately 380 miles long and 186 miles wide.

Balkan Peninsula Peloponnese Peninsula

 The Dardanelles is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey Dardanelles Black Sea The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus.

 Macedonia is the largest geographic region of Northern Greece, including square kilometres.

Mountainous land Olives OLD NEW

 In Greece few areas were able to be farmed, which forced many people to rely of trade and the Mediterranean. This made many Greek citizens good fishermen and boatmen.

 Greek religion and ideas spread which is known as Hellenistic culture.

 The invention of the coin!!

 Mountainous terrain made it very difficult to unite Greece.  The mountains did however make it much easier to trade.

 Too many people and not enough land to farm and live on caused:

 In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men“ He is the god of sky and thunder. He wife is Hera

 Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis.

 Athens social structure was set up so the women took care of the house, men ran the government and military, and slaves did most of work. Sparta had a social structure based on military.

 Athens had many transitions of their government. Solon Draco

 Sparta had an Oligarchy and had a government and social structure based on military.

 The Persian Wars were between the Greek city- states and the Persian Empire. It was triggered by the Ionian revolt. Greece won the war. Darius of Persia

 When Greece defeated Persia it gained control of Mediterranean trade routes. It also preserved Greek culture and made it easier for them to focus on their government.

 The Peloponnesian War was between Delian League and the Peloponnesian League.

Accomplishments of the Golden Age

Pericles rebuilt Athens and restored the Parthenon.

Aeschylus was the earliest Greek tragedy writer. Sophocles was another Greek tragedy writer that wrote about Oedipus, a mythical figure.

Homer was poet who wrote The Odyssey and the Iliad.

Herodotus was the first Greek historian that wrote about the Persian Wars. Thucydides was a Greek historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars.

Phidias was a sculpture and architect that created the sculpture of Athena.

Doric: Strong, topped with round capital. Ionic: Taller, slender, scroll shaped capital. Corinthian: Ionic column with curved capitals.

Archimedes was a astronomer who invented the lever. Hippocrates was Greek physician who was known as the Father of Medicine. He created medicine.

Euclid was a Greek mathematician who wrote the Elements math textbook. Pythagoras a physician who practiced medicine and created the Pythagorean Theorem.

Socrates was a philosopher who believed in asking questions to find the answer. Plato was a philosopher and educator that wrote the Dialogue. Aristotle was a philosopher that influenced western culture.

Alexander the Great spread Greek culture through conquest.

The Hellenistic Age was a blend of Greek and other cultures. It was spread through trade and conquest.