1. Ancient Greece
Part 1

2. Location and place:
Aegean Sea
Balkan Peninsula, Europe, Asia Minor
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Athens, Sparta, Troy
Macedonia
Crete

5. Ancient Greece Notes The Minoans: 2500 BCE Lived on Crete
Flourished by sea trade
Had braided hair, jewelry, and colorful murals
The myth of the Minotaur came from here

9. Mycenaens 2000 BCE
Kingdoms built on hilltops and included royal fortresses
Traded w/ Minoans, adapted their culture
The Greek speaking Dorian destroyed them around 1100 BC causing a “dark age”
Ionians reintroduced culture around 750 BC

10. Economic and social development
Agriculture (limited arable land)
Commerce and the spread of Hellenic culture
Gradual shift from barter to money economy (coins)

11. Political development
Mountainous terrain helped and hindered the development of city-states.
Greek cities were designed to promote civic and commercial life.
Colonization related
to overpopulation
and the search for
arable land.