Ancient Greece

The Minoans

Mycenaean BCE

Greek Settlements Greek traders in search of iron Farmers in search of land Brought Greek culture, language, and building styles to the new lands

Dorians ’s BCE

Hellenic Period 700’s-336 BCE Polis Agora

Persian Wars Battle of Marathon Battle of Salamis Xerxes Themistocles King Leonidas Herodotus

Athens’ Road to Democracy Ostracon City-states Active participation Women, slaves, foreigners were excluded from participation Sparta had a militaristic aristocracy

Golden Age of Athens

SPARTA

Peloponnesian War BCE Delian League Thucydides

Greek Golden Age Order, Balance, Proportion Myron’s Discus Thrower

Science Thales Pythagoras Hippocrates

Philosophy Sophists— “man is the measure of all things” Socrates—absolute truth –Examine your beliefs –Socratic Method Plato—Republic –his vision of a perfectly governed society Aristotle—Logic –Method for arguing according to rules of logic –Alexander the Great’s teacher

Festival of Dionysus Comedies Mocked people and ideas Aristophanes Tragedies Aeshchylus Sophocles-Oedipus Rex Euripedes-Medea Drama and Theater

Trade in the eastern part of the Mediterranean

Phoenicians

–Colonies –Alphabet –Purple Dye

Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest Colony

Muryx Shell and Purple Dye

Byblos—Home of the Alphabet

Lydians

Persia and Hellenistic Period

The persian empire ACHAEMENID EMPIRE BCE—CYRUS THE GREAT

 A tolerant ruler  he allowed differentcultures within his empire to keep their own institutions.  In 537, he allowed over 40,000 Jews to return to Palestine BCE Cyrus the Great

 Built Persepolis.  Extended the Persian Empire to the Indus River  Built a canal in Egypt.  Established a tax-collecting system.  Divided the empire into districts called SATRAPIES.  Built the great Royal Road system.  Established a complex postal system.  Created a network of spies called “the King’s eyes and ears.” Darius the Great BCE

Persepolis

Zoroaster “ Zarathustra ” 570 BCE Good vs. Evil Ahura Mazda vs. Ahriman “Good thoughts, good words, good deeds”

Extent of Zoroastrianism

Macedonia Invades Greece Philip II

Alexander the Great

Hellenistic Greece BCE

Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art

Sciences Eratosthene s

Aristarchus

Alexandria Center of Commerce Museum Library

Euclid

Archimedes

AND … Experiments Geocentric Views Dissection Pain relief Bible translated from Hebrew to Greek

Legacy Expansion of trade Eclipse of city-state Wealth and individual happiness chief objective Interest in science and technology