1. Intro to Ancient Greece

2. Geography
Ancient Greece consisted mainly of a mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean
It also included about 2,000 islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas

3. Geography
The sea shaped Greek civilization just as rivers shaped the ancient civilizations
Greeks rarely had to travel more than 85 miles to reach the coastline.
The Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the neighboring Black Sea were important transportation routes for the Greek people.

4. Trade
As the Greeks became skilled sailors, sea travel connected Greece with other societies.
Sea travel and trade were also important because Greece lacked natural resources, such as timber, precious metals, and usable farmland.

5. The Minoans Lived on the island of Crete
Had great power in the Mediterranean Sea
Made many trades with other countries

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Minoan Decline
No one knows why this powerful civilization stopped to exist
THEORY: Volcanic eruption on Thera
Toxic gas
Caused Tsunamis

7. Indo-Europeans
Began to settle in mainland Greece

8. The Mycenaeans Replaced the Minoans Lived and grew on Mainland Greece
Leading City: Mycenae
Surrounded by massive wall about 20 feet thick
Adapted Minoan writing system
Advanced in Bronze & Iron

10. The Trojan War
1200 B.C. – Mycenaean kings fought a 10 year war with Troy
WHY!?!?!?!?!
* Troy

12. Helen

13. Kidnapped?

15. Caused War

18. The TROJAN Wall!

19. How do we get in???

20. AH HA! The Trojan Horse of Course!

21. Fact or Fiction? Heinrich Shliemann excavated Turkey
Discovered this story may be TRUE!!

23. The Boring Theory Trojan war was over:
Struggle for control of a crucial waterway in the Aegean Sea

25. The Dorians Less advanced then the Mycenaeans
Forgot the art of writing during this age
No written record exists
Little known about this time