1. Warm Ups 1) What is a classical age?
2) List two reasons the Greeks decided to establish colonies.

2. Chapter 8 Ancient Greece
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
November 3, 2017
Section 1 Trading Cultures Develop

3. Alabama Course of Study Standards
3. Compare the development of early world religions and philosophies and their key tenets.
•  Identifying cultural contributions of early world religions and philosophies
4. Identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.

4. Learning Targets
I will be able to use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify the ancient patterns of trade the Greeks utilized to spread their ideas and philosophies.
I will be able to analyze the impact of Greek colonization on the ancient and modern world.
I will identify the cultural contributions of Classical Greece with other ancient civilizations and the influences upon modern western civilization.

5. Warm Ups 1) What is a classical age?
An age marked by great achievements
2) List two reasons the Greeks decided to establish colonies.
Gain prosperity through trade, discover new lands, mitigate growing population

6. Reading check
1) How did mountains affect the location of Greek settlements?
Villages and towns were separated by mountains and developed their own identies
2) To what regions did Minoan and Mycenaean traders travel?
Minoans- Eastern Mediterranean, Mycenaeans- Mediterranean and Black Sea

7. Section 1 Geography and the Early Greeks
Trading Cultures Develop
Minoan and Mycenaean earliest Greek cultures
Both cultures influenced the entire Aegean region
The Minoans
Shipbuilders/traders in the East Med
Trade goods: Wood, olive oil, pottery for copper, gold, silver, jewels
C B.C. volcano destroys civilization
The Mycenaeans
Mainland Greece built fortresses
c B.C. conquered Crete
Warlike attacked Troy to begin Trojan War
c B.C. civilization declined (earthquakes)
Any topics or notes not captured in the initial attempt

8. Trade Patterns and Colonization

9. Section 1 Geography and the Early Greeks
Greek City States
After Mycenae declined Greeks developed independent city states
Life in a City State (polis)
Built around a strong fortress: acropolis
Life revolved around the agora (marketplace or meeting place)
City state became center of everyday life
City state foundation of Greek civilization
Security and identity
Any topics or notes not captured in the initial attempt

10. Agora Classical Greece

11. Modern day Agora area

12. Modern day Agora area

13. Section 1 Geography and the Early Greeks
Greek City States
City states and colonization
Greeks developed colonies, Gain prosperity through trade, discover new lands, mitigate growing population
New colonies became independent
Istanbul, Marseille, and Naples
Patterns of Trade
Independent city states trade w/Greece
Traded copper and ore in return for wine, olive oil etc.
c. 550 B.C. Greeks greatest traders in the Aegean region
Any topics or notes not captured in the initial attempt

14. Trade Patterns and Colonization

15. Modern day Mediterranean Area

16. Map Exercise
Which modern day countries were influenced by ancient Greek trading and colonization patterns?
France, Italy, Turkey, Libya, Egypt, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine
What is the northernmost colony founded by the ancient Greeks (Mycenaeans)?
Rostov in Ukraine
Which seas did the Greeks colonize around?
Mediterranean, Black, Aegean, Adriatic, Ionian, Azov

17. Key Terms Greek word for a city state
Polis
A high hill where Greeks constructed a fortress
Acropolis
An age marked by great achievements
Classical age

18. Key Terms A form of government in which people rule themselves
Democracy
Rich landowners
Aristocrats
A government where only a few people have power
Oligarchy

19. Key Terms People who had the right to participate in government
Citizens
Ruler who held power through the use of force
Tyrant
The father of democracy
Cleisthenes

20. Key Terms Famous female lyric poet Sappho
Author of the Illiad and Odyssey
Homer
He was a famous story teller using fables
Aesop

21. Key Terms To have an effect on Influence Person who makes a prediction
Oracle

22. Learning Targets
I will be able to use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify the ancient patterns of trade the Greeks utilized to spread their ideas and philosophies.
I will be able to analyze the impact of Greek colonization on the ancient and modern world.
I will identify the cultural contributions of Classical Greece with other ancient civilizations and the influences upon modern western civilization.

23. Questions