1. Archaic
Greece

2. Early
"Bronze Age"
BCE

3. The “Bronze” Age Mediterranean Region

4. Early Greek Geometrics

5. Early Greek Art & Artifacts

6. The
Minoans
BCE

7. The Minoan World: mid-2M B.C.E.

8. Palace of King Minos – North Entrance

9. Palace of King Minos - Interiors

10. Palace of King Minos – Throne Room

11. Minoan Ladies

12. Minoan Culture - Religion
Minoan Snake Goddess
Minoan Priest

13. Bull Cult

14. Bull Jumping Fresco

15. Minoan Trade
Coast of Crete
“Bireme” ship

16. Minoan Artistic “Motifs”

17. Early Writing System: “Linear A” (Undecipherable)
Canon?

18. What caused the End of the Minoan Civilization??

19. The Mycenaeans (Achaeans)
BCE

20. The Mycenaean World: mid-2M B.C.E.

21. View of Mycenae

22. Aerial View of Mycenae

23. Mycenae Citadel & Reconstuction

24. Approach to the Lion’s Gate

25. Lion’s Gate Entrance to Mycenae

26. Mycenaean Writing System: “Linear B”

27. The
Greek
"Dark Ages"
BCE

28. Migrations in the Aegean Region
(DORIANS}

29. Homer, the Blind Poet

30. Homer’s Great Epics

31. Greek Culture Declined

32. Greek
Colonization
BCE

33. Greek & Phoenician Colonization: 750-500 BCE

34. Trade Resumes: 6c BCE Amphoras

35. “Iron Age” Trade Routes

36. Evolution of Our Alphabet: From Phoenician to Latin

37. The Rise of the Greek Polis
Eboea
Syracuse
Athens
Larissa
Naxos
Corinth

38. Andio
sas!