Intro to Early Greek History CHW3M Ms. Gluskin

Theme 1: Geography Influenced Society World Civilizations Syllabus. Map Quiz No. 2 – Classical Greece (March 5, 2011). Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea Peloponnesus Asia Minor Crete

Coastal Terrain A lot of it Jagged, most of settlements near coast Natural harbours Lots of islands (in Med. Sea, Aegean Sea) Therefore, depend on sea; lots of foreign contact, trade, colonies; possibly vulnerable to invasion

Physical Map Darker colours = higher altitudes Mountains of Greece. N.d. (Feb. 4, 2012).

Inland terrain Mountainous (steep but not that high) Rocky: not suitable to large-scale agriculture like Egypt (not wheat) Hot and dry summers, little rainfall Therefore: mountains prevented areas from unifying; independent city-states (polis) formed

City States Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Greek Galleries: Geography of Ancient Greece (March 4, 2011).

Resources

Natural Resources Few, unevenly distributed Gold, silver Marble (monuments, sculpture) Iron ore Clay (pottery) Olive trees, grape vines Therefore: trade of their major products, sometimes led to conflicts between city states (not equal in the resources they possessed)

Timeline Bronze Age (heroic age) Dark Age Classical Period (golden age) Hellenistic Period (after Alexander’s death)

Minoan Civilization Island of Crete 3000 – 1100 BCE Minoan Bull Leaper Right: The British Museum, Highlights: Minoan Bull Leaper. N.d. (March 4, 2011) Left: Heritage Key Media. Top 10 Treasures to See at the British Museum (March 4, 2011). Bronze Bull, BCE

Minoan Civ, con’t Archaeology Magazine: Minoans in Manhattan (2008) – photo gallery x.php?start=1 x.php?start=1 Minnesota State University Mankato – E Museum: Ancient Greek Civilizations Image Gallery – Minoan Art es/minoanimages.html es/minoanimages.html Theseus and the Minotaur

Mycenaeans BCE Mainland Greece Conquered Crete Art influenced by Minoan art Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Mycenaean Civilization. 2000, (March 4, 2011). Terracotta krater, 13 th Century BCE

Mycenaean Archaeology Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past 0/admin/download.html?attachid= /admin/download.html?attachid=

The Trojan War Myth and history? The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War – the myth as shown through Greek vase painting amilies_and_children/online_tours/the _trojan_war/the_trojan_war.aspx amilies_and_children/online_tours/the _trojan_war/the_trojan_war.aspx The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War. N.d. (March 5, 2011). Reconstruction at Troy

Ajax and Hektor Fighting Perseus Digital Library, Image of Louvre G115, N.d., (March 5, 2011).

The Hellespont Livius.org, Hellespont, 2007, (March 5, 2011).

Dark Age BCE End of Mycenaean civilization Decline of trade Dorian invasions Basic agricultural life Little evidence, written or otherwise

Coming Out of the Dark Ages Alphabet Olympics Homer (Iliad, Odyssey) Colonies Roman bust of Homer, c. 2nd century CE, Baeie, Italy The British Museum, Explore, Marble Bust of Homer, N.d., (March 5, 2011).

Phoenecians Kaloustian. Lebanon (March 8, 2011).

Greek Alphabet Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Alphabet (Early Greek). N.d., (March 5, 2011).

Linear B Script = Syllables Ancient Scripts.com, Linear B, 2010, (March 5, 2011).

Olympics Started 776 BCE National Geographic video (3 mins) film/958/ancient-greek-olympics film/958/ancient-greek-olympics Olive wreath as prize SI.com (March 8, 2011).

Greek Gods Mount Olympus, home of the gods

Colonies University of Texas. Map: Greek Sicily (March 8, 2011).

Day 1 HW HW: read and take notes on :  Homer  Trade  Alphabet  Colonization  Olympic games  Oracle at Delphi