1. Greece
800 B.C.E. to 323 B.C.E.

2. The Eastern Mediterranean
Greece (Mycenaeans)
Crete (Minoans)
Mesopotamia
Egypt

5. The Rise
City-states (Athens, Sparta) began to emerge from the “Dark Age” by 800 B.C.E.
Greeks established colonies throughout Mediterranean

7. Greek Society Patriarchy Vote limited to adult male citizens-Athens
Women had no public role (Exception-Sparta)
Institution of slavery fluid

8. Classical Greece
“Golden Age” (c B.C.E.) followed Greek victory in the Persian Wars
Accomplishments
A) Democratic gov’t (Athens)
B) Philosophical tradition (Plato, Socrates,Aristotle)
C) Literature and the arts (Poetry, drama, Parthenon)
D) History (Herodotus)
E) Sciences (Hippocrates)