1. ANCIENT GREECE

3. RAP:
Around which sea did Greek civilization develop?

4. Geography of
Ancient Greece

5. How did the geographic features of Greece influence its civilization?

6. The Sea
The Land
The Climate

7. The Sea The Greeks were seafaring people who traveled mostly by boat.
Water ways were links between the Greeks and other societies.
These links allowed trade between these societies.

8. The Land
Mountains broke Greece into regions making travel difficult and political unity nearly impossible.
Irrigation was poor due to small streams instead of large rivers.
Agriculture was lacking and could not support large civilization.

9. The Climate
Greece has a Mediterranean climate characterized by moderate temperatures.
Due to the nice weather, people did many activities outdoors.
Men spent leisure time at the agora, gymnasium, or theatre.

10. Early Greeks:
Minoans,
Mycenaeans,
Dorians

11. Minoans: On Crete, 2000-1400 B.C. Influenced Mycenaeans in
writing, art, and legends
Sea traders

13. Mycenaeans: 2000 B.C. Warrior-kings led lives of luxury
Invaded Crete (Minoans)
Trojan War

15. Dorians: Moved into Mycenae area (around 1100-1000 BCE) Less advanced
Dark Ages: no written history
for 400 years
Oral tradition and Storytelling

16. Homer: Greatest storyteller,blind bard Epics: narrative poems
celebrating heroic deeds
The Iliad and The Odyssey
Arete

17. Map Ancient Greece using your textbook.

18. Label: *Greece *Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Crete, Mycenae
*and the Aegean, Ionian, Black, and Mediterranean Seas

20. Greece Geography
Cause and Effect

21. Cause Effect Greeks became sailors and traded with other lands.
Greek civilization grew around the sea.

22. Cause Effect Greece mainland is divided by mountains.
Greeks live in independent communities.

23. Cause Effect Greeks had no large-scale irrigation and few crops.
There are no large river valleys.