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

2. Ancient Greece 9.4 Gods & oddesses Thinke s Myths, pics, & fables D mocracy ity-states Archit cture

3. Where in the World is Greece?

5. Ancient Greece

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

7. 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?

8. Greek Empire What civilizations that we have covered, were included in the Greek Empire?

9. Greece Today

10. 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

11. Balkan Peninsula Greece is located on the Balkan Peninsula

12. Greece is located in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas Aegean Sea

13. Mediterranean Sea

14. Islands of the Aegean Sea

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

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

17. Minoan Minoan civilization collapsed –Reasons Earthquakes Invaded by Mycenaeans

18. Mycenaeans Mycenaeans moved into mainland Greece

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

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

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

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

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

24. 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

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

26. 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

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

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