1. Intro to Early Greek History - Flourishing Civ
CHW3M, March 2017
Ms. Gluskin
Cool pics
List
Gods
Art

2. Timeline Inquiries
Using the timelines at your table, identify aspects of a flourishing civ present in Greek history and culture
Hints:
Use PERSIAT
Use characteristics of civ
Make inferences (i.e., “First tragedy performed” = they had leisure time for theatre)

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

4. Coastal Terrain A lot of it Lots of islands (in Med. Sea, Aegean Sea)
Therefore:, depend on sea; lots of foreign contact, trade, colonies; possibly vulnerable to invasion

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

6. Inland terrain Mountainous (steep but not that high)
Rocky: not suitable for large-scale agriculture like Egypt (not wheat)
Therefore: mountains prevented areas from unifying; independent city-states (polis) formed

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

8. Resources

9. 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)

10. Timeline {see handout in your course package}
Bronze Age (heroic age)
Dark Age
Classical Period (*golden age)
Hellenistic Period (after Alexander’s death)
*Golden age = when a society is at its most flourishing

11. Minoan Civilization Island of Crete 3000 – 1100 BCE Minoan Bull Leaper
Bronze Bull, BCE
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. 2011
(March 4, 2011).

12. Mycenaeans 1700-1250 BCE Mainland Greece Conquered Crete
Art influenced by Minoan art
Terracotta krater, 13th Century BCE
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Mycenaean Civilization. 2000,
(March 4, 2011).

13. The Trojan War Myth and history? Reconstruction at Troy
The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War. N.d.
(March 5, 2011).

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

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

16. Dark Age 1100-750 BCE End of Mycenaean civilization Decline of trade
Dorian invasions
Basic agricultural life
Little evidence, written or otherwise (though recent archaeological evidence is suggesting otherwise)

17. Coming Out of the Dark Ages
Use pages 109 to 113 in the textbook to answer how each of the following could have contributed to ending the dark ages:
Alphabet (through trade with the Phoenicians)
Olympics
Homer’s works (The Iliad, The 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).

18. Phoenecians
Kaloustian. Lebanon (March 8, 2011).

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

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

21. Olympics Started 776 BCE National Geographic video (3 mins)
Olive wreath as prize
SI.com
(March 8, 2011).

22. Greek Gods
Mount Olympus, home of the gods

23. Colonies University of Texas. Map: Greek Sicily. 2010.
(March 8, 2011).

24. Day 1 HW Finish Meso/Egypt CCA notes
Make sure potential sub-topics are visible (circle heading or write sub-topic in comments column and highlight it!)
Attach rubric
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