CHAPTER 5.1 EARLY GREECE

THINK ABOUT IT How does the physical geography of Greece impact its politics, culture, and economy?

Forms into separate city-states City states are culturally very different from each other Most areas use sea for trade and fishing

THE EARLY GREEK WORLD

MINOAN CIVILIZATION Island of Crete. Became seafaring people Traded with Egypt, Syria, Sicily, and Spain

BULL LEAPING This was a common ritual used as a rite of passage to manhood. One person would distract the bull while the other did acrobatic feats over his back.

MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION Mainland of Greece Established by invaders from the north. Borrowed from Minoans After the downfall of the Minoans, Mycenae became the commercial center. Militaristic

TROUBLE WITH TROY Rivals with Mycenae in the area of trade made the two bitter enemies. Paris of Troy kidnapped Helen, a Greek queen. After ten years of battles, Troy fell in conquest and the long war was recorded by Homer. Did this war really happen?

TROJAN HORSE

THE GREEK DARK AGES Around 1200 BC, Mycenaean civilization collapsed. The Dorians moved into the countryside to 750 BC No system of writing so storytelling becomes important in recalling the history of the Greeks- Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

ZEUS Zeus overthrew his father to rule. He was believed to be the lord of the sky, the rain god. Married to Hera Punished anyone who lied to him or failed to keep their oaths.

POSEIDON Brother of Zeus He was lord of the sea Married Amphitrite His weapon was the trident which can shake the earth and shatter any object.

HADES Brother of Zeus Lord of the underworld ruling over the dead. He is also the god of wealth due to the precious metals in the earth. His wife is Persephone

HERA Wife and sister of Zeus She is the Goddess of the Hearth, the symbol of the house