1. Greece

2. Geography Southern part of the Balkan Peninsula
Northeastern Mediterranean Sea
Aegean Sea to the East, Ionian Sea to the West
Long, uneven coastline
Sea played an important role in Greece
Mountainous, kept villages apart, couldn’t unite, allowed invaders from the North
Short rivers, unnavigable
Geography kept a large empire from forming, instead city-states develop
Geography

3. Early Greeks Minoans: Lived on the island of Crete
Named after King Minos
Sailors and traders
Strong navies
In 1628 a tidal wave destroyed many settlements and Minoan civilization grew weak.
Early Greeks

4. Early Greeks Mycenaeans Lived on Greek mainland Conquered Minoans
Warring people
Built fort-like cities in the Peloponnesus
By 1200 BC earthquakes and war had destroyed most cities
Used linear B, a form of writing used by the Minoans, that served as an early form of Greek writing
Early Greeks

5. City-States Polis is the Greek word for city-state
A polis developed around a fort (acropolis)
Made up of the fort, city and farming villages
Independent and self sufficient
Represented Greek identity
Small with a small population
Agora-marketplace, public meeting place
Each had on government and laws, calendar, money, and weights and measurements
All spoke same language and shared many religious and cultural charactersitics
City-States

6. Religion Polytheistic Did not emphasize personal morality
Greeks looked to religion for 3 things:
To explain nature
To explain emotions
Attain certain benefits
Not concerned with life after death
Used myths-stories about gods and goddesses
Zeus and Athena
Pleasing gods was important
Olympic Games
Religion

7. Using pages and complete the graphic organizer entitled Greece: The Birthplace of Democracy
Government

8. Sparta & Athens- pgs

9. Expansion of Greece Persian Wars Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Platea
Delian League-Pericles
Peloponnesian War
Athens vs. Sparta
Expansion of Greece

10. Greek Art
Philosophers
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Golden Age

11. Alexander the Great Son of Phillip II of Macedon Student of Aristotle
Skilled military commander
Conquered Persia, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Mesopotamia
Becomes seriously ill and dies at 33 in 323 BC
Alexander purposely spread Greek culture wherever he went
The mixture of cultures from the Mediterranean and Asia become known as Hellenistic Culture
Alexander the Great

12. Hellenistic culture produced great achievements in the arts, sciences, philosophy, and religion.
Characterized by many new advancements in technology.
List 3 achievements from Hellenistic culture on your graphic organizer.
Hellenistic Culture