1. Early Greece

2. Terms—Early Greece Minoan Crete (2000 – 1400 BC) Linear A Knossos
Mycenae (1400 – 1125 BC)
Trojan War (1240 – 1230 BC)
Homer, The Illiad
Agamemnon, Menelaus
Paris, Prince of Troy
Helen
Polis
Hoplite Phalanx

3. Ancient Greece

4. Ancient Greece

5. The Influence of Geography
The Mediterranean Sea and a mild climate; many Greeks became traders, colonists, and pirates; hence a cosmopolitan people; irregular coast and interior influenced the development of fiercely independent city states

6. Agora (Marketplace)

7. Minoan Crete

8. Knossos (Reproduction of Palace)

9. Remains of Palace at Knossos

10. Throne Room

11. Minotaur

12. Minoan Bull’s Head

13. Minoan Frescoes

14. Favorite Sport—Bull Jumping

15. Bull Jumping

16. Linear A

17. Mycenae

18. Homer, the Blind Poet

19. Mycenae and Troy

20. City of Troy

21. Trojan Horse

22. Trojan Horse

23. Henrich Schliemann—The “Father of Archeology”

24. Schliemann’s Discovery of Mycenae

25. Mycenaean Lion’s Gate

26. Agamemnon’s Death Mask

27. An Aerial View of Troy Today

28. Excavation at Troy

29. Nine Layers of Troy

30. Treasures of Troy

31. Minoan Art

32. Minoan Art

33. Mycenaean Art

34. Mycenaean Art

35. Mycenaean Art

36. Mycenaean Swords

37. Reproduction of Mycenaean Palace

38. Mycenaean Fortifications

39. Linear B

40. Greek Timeline

41. Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 – 750 BC) Regression Loss of Literacy
Return to the Land

42. Archaic Age (750 – 500 BC)
Greek Literacy--Alphabet

43. Archaic Age Rise of the polis Greek city-state
Independent of one another
One identified self with polis

44. Archaic Age
Hoplite—Soldier

45. Hoplites in Battle

46. Hoplite Phalanx

47. Hoplite Phalanx--Formation

48. The Persian Wars