1. To Examine the rise of Greek Civilization and the Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Global History and Geography
10th Grade
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2. Geographic Setting of Greece
Mountainous Peninsula in the Balkans
Broken Coastline – good harbors
Many Islands
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3. Characteristics of Greek Civilization
Politics
Type of States: feuding City-States [Polis]
Government
Monarchy in the Beginning
Transformation to aristocracy
Democracy and Militarism
Sparta and Athens two Most Powerful States
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4. Characteristics of Greek Civilization
Religion: Polytheistic
No Moral Values/Ethics related to religion
Gods lived on Mount Olympus
Leisure: Olympic Sports
Philosophy:
Many Great Philosophers including Socrates, Plato & Aristotle
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5. Characteristics of Greek Civilization
Literature
Epics Iliad & Odyssey by Homer
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides wrote Tragedies and others wrote comedies
Herodotus & Thucydides wrote history
Art & Architecture
Paintings and Statues – depicted idealistic view
Architecture: Column Style
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6. Characteristics of Greek Civilization
Science and Mathmatics
Aristurchus discovered that Earth moved in its axis and around the sun.
Archimedes explored the principles of lever and pulley also specific gravity
Pythagoras and Euclid wrote on Geometry
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7. Spreading of Greek Culture
Alexander the Great Created Hellenistic Era.
Alexander was Macedonian.
Greek (Hellenistic) Culture spread all over his empire.
After his death his empire was divided into Hellenistic States: Syria, Pergamum, Egypt and Macedonia
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