Daily Starter The first written code of law was written by which king of Babylon? A. Hammurabi B. Sargon C. King Tut D. Nebuchadnezzar

The Ancient Greeks Early Greece

Early Greek Cultures Between 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C., four cultures flourished on the Greek islands and the mainland shores known as the __________, the _________, the ____________, and the ________ cultures. Cycladic Minoan Mycenaean Trojan

The Cycladic Culture The Cyclades are a group of about 200 islands located east of the Greek mainland in the southern ____________. Aegean Sea

The Cycladic Culture The Cycladic people made their living by _______ or _______. Others were farmers who grew _______, ______, and other crops. fishing trading grapes olives

The Cycladic Culture After about 2000 B.C. the Cycladic culture weakened and people began to follow the customs and traditions of the ___________, or more powerful, neighboring cultures. dominant

How do archeologists know about the people of the Cycladic culture? By studying Cycladic artifacts

The Minoan Culture Minoan _________ culture began on the large island of ________ in about 2700 B.C. Crete

The Minoan Culture mythology A ____________ is a collection of myths, or traditional stories, handed down from generation to generation

What do myths explain? How things in nature or human events came to be.

The Minoan Culture From the wall paintings at Knossos, archeologists have learned that the Minoans were expert _________. sailors

The Minoan Culture Using a process they learned from Asian civilizations, Minoans mixed copper and tin to form ________. They made weapons, tools and bowls from bronze and other metals. bronze

The Minoan Culture The Minoans had a counting and writing system for keeping records. To count, they used a _________________, a system on the number 10. Their writing system used _____________ written on clay tablets to stand for the __________ in words decimal system pictographs sounds

The Mycenaean Culture Mycenaean The ______________ culture became the dominant culture throughout the Aegean region by the 1500s B.C.

The Mycenaean Culture Through _______, the Mycenaeans learned Minoan ways and adapted them to fit their own culture. For example, they adopted the Minoan __________, _______, and ______________________. The Mycenaeans were more ____________ than the Minoans. trade art styles writing constructing palaces warlike

The Trojan Culture Trojan The _______ culture was centered in the ancient city of _____, in Asia Minor. Troy

The Trojan Culture Troy’s location was __________, or of great importance, because of its location on a high point on a strait that connects the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. It allowed passage to the Black Sea for ________ and __________. strategic warfare trading

Great works by Homer Today, people learn about Troy from stories that are a part of world literature including the ______ and the _________, written by the Greek poet Homer. Iliad Odyssey

The Life of a Hero epic An ________ is a long poem that tells about the important events in the life of a hero or heroes

The Trojan Horse To capture the city of Troy, Homer says that Odysseus ordered workers to build a huge, hollow _______________ and for the soldiers to hide inside wooden horse