1. Section 1 Early People of the Aegean
The Minoans and the Mycenaeans

3. The Minoan civilization developed along the Aegean Sea

4. The Minoan economy was based on trade
traded with the Egyptians and Mesopotamia

5. Cultural Diffusion
The Minoans gained a lot of knowledge and technology from the other civilizations it traded with.
Knossos 

6. Knossos
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7. The Minoan civilization was destroyed
How?

8. The Minoan civilization was destroyed
How?
Possibly a natural disaster?

9. The Minoan civilization was destroyed
How?
Possibly a natural disaster?
Invaders?
Mycenaeans
1400bc to 1200bc

10. The Mycenaeans took control of the Aegean world

11. The Mycenaeans lived in City-States
A city and the surrounding lands that govern themselves

12. The Trojan War A war between the Trojan city-state and the Mycenaeans
Around 1250 BC
Who saw “Troy?”

13. Homer
A blind poet that was infamous for his story of the Iliad and the Odyssey

14. The Rise of Greek City-States Section 2

15. Why City-States?
The Greeks were isolated by mountains (Pindus Mts.) and water

16. Trade the Greek coastline has many natural harbors.
They traded olive oil, wine and marble.
They adapted the Phoenician alphabet.

18. Development of the Alphabet

19. Colonies
The Greeks began to settle colonies along the Mediterranean

21. Polis
City-state in Ancient Greece

22. Acropolis
Highest and most fortified point within a Greek city-state

25. Government 4 Different Governments Evolve in the Greek “Polis”
-List the 4 Governments that evolve in the Poli!
-Write definitions-
-Describe in your own words!
Read SECTION 2
Of Chapter 4

26. Monarchy
A government in which a king or queen exercises central power.
mono- A prefix that means "one, only, single,"

27. Aristocracy They slowly took control from the king
Aristocracy- rule by the landowning elite

28. Oligarchy As trade grew the merchants became more wealthy and powerful
Oligarchy- government in which the ruling power belongs to a few powerful people

29. Democracy!!!

30. Warfare
Phalanx – a massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers