1. Ancient Greece

2. Geography
Greece is a peninsula about the size of Louisiana in the Mediterranean Sea.
It was very close to Egypt and the Persian empire (including Turkey) and Rome.

3. Greek Geography
Greece is very mountainous which made if very difficult for poleis to interact with each other.
Greek communities often times developed independently because of the mountains, thus they were diverse.
As a result of their differences, they fought each other a lot.

4. Greek Geography

5. Greek Geography

6. Traveling – difficult or easy? Why?

8. City-State / Polis
A city-state is an independent city with its own government and laws that is ruled by one ruler (but it can be in the same civilization).
What would cause Greek Polis’ (city-states) to develop so differently from one and other?

9. City-states Isolated and Independent

10. Ancient Civilizations Timeline/Map

11. The Earliest Greeks

12. The Minoans 3000 BC-1500 BC Lived on Crete In capital city, Knossos
Thought to be the first people to arrive in Greece

13. About Minoans Great ship builders and traders Written language
Art on walls
Grand palaces
Running water
Influenced the Myceneans

14. Myceneans 2700 BC-1100 BC Came from central Asia
Invaded Greece 1900 BC
Became first Greek kings

15. Myceneans Great warriors Fought with stone Traded with Minoans
“Known as the Heroic Age”
Trojan War

16. Early Greeks Comprehension
How were the Myceneans and Minoans similar, why?
How were they different?
( Hint: think government, daily life, location, jobs, etc.)

17. The Dark Ages 1100 BC-800 BC Mycenaean Civ. collapsed Trade Slowed
Poverty
Lost language and culture
Written records stopped (400 years)
Thousands moved from mainland Greece to Islands/Asia Minor – expanded Greek culture

18. Storytelling 1100 BC-800 BC Went from town to town - job
Same stories same language same history/religion
United all of Greece with one culture

19. The End of the Dark Ages 800 BC
Came together form trade centers
Beginning of city-states (100s)
City-State = Polis
Own gov, goals, laws, leaders, & customs
All same language and gods

20. City-States 800 BC Main gathering on a hill (Acropolis)
Protection; sometimes religious
Below was open area (Agora)
Marketplace and debate center
Varied in size

21. Citizenship Belong city-state
People had rights, decision-making, and choice
Different from other civilizations
Armies of people

22. Effects of Dark Ages City States Common spoken language
Fables, legends, myths, religion
Metal tools