1. Ancient Greek Civilization

2. How did Greek civilization begin?
Began with the Minoans.
Peaceful people who flourished on the island of Crete from 3000 to 1450 B.C.E.
Advances with wove/dyed cloth, constructed stone roads/bridges, built highly advanced drainage systems and aqueducts (royal family had showers and toilets that could be flushed)
The Minoans were either conquered by or succeed by the Mycenaeans

3. Crete and the mainland of Greece including the Aegean Sea and Troy

4. Mycenaeans flourished from 1650 to 1200 B.C.E.
Crete was struck by a 200 foot tidal wave, which weakened the Minoans. (volcanic eruption)
The Mycenaeans lived on the mainland Greeks
They were skilled horsemen, charioteers, and accomplished sailors who ruled the Aegean.
Mycenaean culture revolved around their fortified palaces, called acropolises (top cities)– cities included Sparta, Corinth, Athens, Thebes
1200 B.C.E. the Mycenaean attacked the city of Troy (key to the profitable Black Sea Trade) this launched the Trojan War (10 years of war – led to the writing by Homer in the Iliad) Mycenaeans won!

5. The poet Homer Iliad – Pg 116 Odyssey –
What did Homer reveal about ancient Greek?

6. Greek City-States
Ancient Greece was made up of many independent communities called “city-states” who all shared the same language/culture
Most successful city, Athens, established many of the ideas that underlie Western civilization!
But although democratic government started in Greece, only men could become citizens and vote – women (and slaves) were excluded.

7. Evaluate the Greek city-states (pgs 118-120)
1. Land boundaries?
2. How count on the sea?
3. How did the alphabet evolve?
4. Why and how did the citizens have some power in the government?
5. Explain how Greece evolved into a Democracy?