1. Chapter 9.1 The Rise of the Greek Civilization
The Ancient Greeks
Chapter 9.1
The Rise of the Greek Civilization

2. Where in the World is Greece?

4. What type of topography did Ancient Greece have?
What type of jobs did they have?

5. What type of foods do you think they ate?
What type of crops did they grow?
What type of animals did they domesticate?
What type of climate did the ancient Greeks enjoy?

6. Greek Empire
What civilizations have we covered that were also included in the Greek Empire?

7. Mountains and Seas
Greece was the first civilization to develop in Europe and the western part of Asia.
Greeks settled in an area dominated by mountains and seas.

8. Balkan Peninsula
Greece is located on the Balkan Peninsula.

9. Greece is located in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas

10. Islands of the Aegean Sea

11. An Island Civilization
Greek myths describe an early civilization on an island called Crete
Civilization was called the Minoans

12. Minoans- 2500BC to 1450 BC Built palace at Knossos
1st to develop in Aegean region
NOT GREEKS
Trade was most important economic activity

13. Minoans Minoan civilization collapsed Reasons Earthquakes
Invaded by Mycenaeans

14. Mycenaeans
Mycenaeans moved into mainland Greece

15. Mycenaean Kingdom Mycenean king lived in a palace on a hill
Protected by walls

16. Traders and Warriors Mycenaeans conquered Minoans
Controlled trade in Aegean
Mycenaeans were proud of military successes in Trojan War

17. A Dark Age Mycenaean kingdoms fought
Earthquakes destroyed their fortresses
Mycenaean civilization crumbled

18. The Hellenes Hellenes or Greeks Lived on Greek mainland
Adopted an alphabet from Phoenician traders

19. Colonies and Trade Greeks established colonies
A colony is a settlement in a new territory that has close ties to its homeland

20. The Greek City-State
City-state was made up of a town or city and the surrounding area
Each city-state or polis was like an independent country

21. What Did a Polis Look Like?
Fort on hilltop
The hilltop was called an acropolis
Agora or marketplace

22. What Did Citizenship Mean to the Greeks?
Male citizens had the right to vote, hold office, own property, and defend themselves in court
Only free, land-owning men born in the polis could be citizens

23. Citizen Soldiers
Wars were fought by wealthy nobles riding horses and driving chariots
Citizens called hoplites made up city-state armies

24. Hoplites Fought on foot Heavily armed
Carried a round shield, sword, and spear
Fought in a formation called a phalanx