Ancient Greece Minoan Civilization Early ancestors of the Greeks Mycenaen Civ. Early ancestors of the Greeks Palace named Knossos was the center of the civ, 1st Greek Speaking People Invaded and over took the Minoan Civ. Great Sea Traders Ancient Greece

Trojan War 1250 B.C. Over love of a prince or land? 10 year war – ending with the Greeks burning Troy to the ground Fable or Fact? Heinrich Schliemann and his excavation

Minoans – Mycenae - Dorians Mycenae Civ crumbled after Trojan War Dorians from the north invaded Greek Civilization declines from 1100-800 BC IIiad and the Odyssey – Homer What remains to tell the story of this time period.

Greece’s Geography

Map Work Mt. Olympus Crete Pindus Mtns Asia Minor Sparta Axios River Athens Olympia Delphi Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea Peneus River Corinth

Geography “We live around the sea like frogs around a pond.” Peninsula – surrounded by water Mountains - protect and isolate Small city-states who protected independence Seas a link to the world – trade and cultural diffusion Out growing its land – oversea colonies

Early Greek City States Acropolis Polis Monarchy Aristocracy Oligarchy Phalanx

Sparta vs. Athens Southern Greece Brutal Government Focus on military Little education Isolated itself from the rest of Greece Very little growth

Athens North of Sparta Became an aristocracy Unrest led to a democracy Solon Reforms Freed debtors Opened more offices Legislature Limited Democracy Women in the homes Education above all else

Victory and Defeat in the Greek World Greeks unite against a common enemy 499 B.C. Greeks rebel Small Greek Army made the Persians run (Marathon Victory) Greeks get a navy and help from each other GREEKS VICTORIOUS!!!! Results: Athens most powerful city state; Delian League forms (alliance)

Peloponnesian War Sparta doesn’t like the Athenian Delian League Forms the Peloponnesian League 431BC Sparta and Athens fight Delian vs. Peloponnesian Sparta gets help from the Persians and defeats the Athenians Athens remains cultural not political center of Greece