1. UNIT 10: ANCIENT GREECE
The Greeks: Crucible of civilisation. First of aseries of 5 narrated by Liam Neeson (9:30)

2. Greek civilisation appeared in the Balkan Peninsula, on islands in the Mediterranean and in Asia Minor, now Turkey. Its ancient name was Hellas, and its people were called Hellenes.

3. ANCIENT GREECE WAS INFLUENCED BY ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Valleys were separated by mountain chains
There were many islands far from the continent
Independent states emerged in each valley and on each island

4. SUMMARIZING,
CLIMATE, SEA, VALLEYS AND ISLANDS INFLUENCED ANCIENT GREECE DEVELOPMENT
THE CLIMATE WAS DRY. PEOPLE LIVED FROM AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL GRAZING AND FISHING
THE GREEKS WERE MARITIME PEOPLE AND TRADED WITH OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN

5. ANCIENT GREECE TIMELINE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD
MYCENAEAN CIVILISTAION
DARK AGES
ARCHAIC PERIOD
CRETAN CIVILISATION
CLASSICAL PERIOD
FINALLY IT BECAME PART OF ROMAN EMPIRE

6. THE GREEKS ALL HAD THE SAME CIVILISATION, ALTHOUGH THEY LIVED IN INDEPENDENT CITIES. THEY SHARED THE SAME…
CULTURE
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
LANGUAGE
ART

7. DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE 8TH AND THE 6TH CENTURY THEY ALSO HAD IN COMMON:
THE ARCHAIC AGE
THE POLIS
DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE 8TH AND THE 6TH CENTURY
THEY ALSO HAD IN COMMON:
The AGORA, or main square, where political activity and trading took place.
The ACROPOLIS, on high land above the city , where temples were located
The polis was formed of the main city and the farming land and forests around it.
It had its own government army, laws and currency.
But all the poleis shared the same culture, religion and language.

8. Discuss in groups about the activities thta took place in the agora

9. Explore the Acropolis from the Brithis Mueum

10. The aristoi (or “best”) formed a privileged elite, or ARISTOCRACY.
THE ARCHAIC AGE
EARLY GOVERNMENT
The tyrants
Archaic city states were ruled by an OLIGARCHY, which meant “government by the few”.
The aristoi (or “best”) formed a privileged elite, or ARISTOCRACY.
There was frequent social disorder during the 7th and 6th centuries BC, and this led to political change. TYRANTS, like Peisistratos, took power.

11. GREEK COLONISATION

12. Peloponnesian War and Thucydides (12:00)
THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
Pericles and the Delian League
(9:00)
The classical period was the gratest period for the Greek poleis. Sparta and Athens were the most important
There were also a number of conflicts. The most significant were:
THE GRECO-PERSIAN WARS (MEDIAN WARS)
THE PELOPONESIAN WARS ( BC)
Delian League was created
While the poleis were fighting each other, King Philip II of Macedon organised a great army

13. DEMOCRACY ATHENS BECAME A DEMOCRACY INSTITUTIONS OF ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
THAT MEANS “RULE BY THE PEOPLE”
IN THIS SYSTEM, ADULT MALE CITIZENS PARTICIPATED IN GOVERNMENT. BUT WOMEN, METICS (FOREIGNERS), SLAVES AND FREED SLAVES WERE NOT CONSIDERED CITIZENS
EKKLESIA
MAGISTRATES
BOULE
HELIAIA
Athenian Democracy - Solon and Cleisthenes (12:00)

15. GREEK CULTURE
GREEK CULTURE HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE BOTH IN ANCIENT TIMES AND LATER PERIODS. IT IS OFTEN CONSIDERED THE FOUNDATION OF THE WESTERN CIVILISATION
PHILOSOPHY
Greeks were the first to use the reason to examine the nature of human beings and the world around them
SCIENCE
They developed Mathematics, Physics and Medice
GEOGRAPY
AND HISTORY
They calculated the circumference of the Earth.
They were the first in writing History.
LITERATURE
Epic poems like the Iliad and the Odyssey (700 BC)
Theatre devoloped from religious ceremonies:
tragedies and comedies
SOCRATES, PLATO AND ARISTOLES
HIPPOCRATES, PYTHAGORAS, ARCHIMEDES
ERATOSTHENES
HERODOTUS
THUCYDIDES
HOMER, AESCHYLUS,SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES

16. RELIGION TEMPLES ORACLES OLYMPIC GAMES POLYTHEISTS WHAT WERE THEY?
GODS AND HEROES

17. POWER POINT OF GREEK ART
THE GREEKS TRIED TO ACHIEVE PROPORTION AND HARMONY IN THEIR ART. THEY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS AND STATUES ON A HUMAN SCALE
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POWER POINT OF GREEK ART

18. THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
ALEXANDER THE GREAT POWER POINT