1. Development of Greek Society
Chapter 10/ Standard MWH Evaluate the consequences of the changing boundaries of kingdoms in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa.

2. How do we know so much about the Ancient Greeks?
Heroditus Histories
Homer
Aristophanes- comedies
Hesiod – mythology
Sappho – female love
Plato – male love
Thucydides – founder of scientific history
How do we know so much about the Ancient Greeks?

3. Homer Alleged to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey
Iliad: Greek story about the siege of Troy centered around Achilles (aka: Brad Pitt)
Odyssey: Greek story about Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan war
Homer

4. What do these stories tell us about Greek Society?
Greeks traveled widely
Greeks are good with their hands
Greeks like women (as objects, not as equals)
Greeks were a seafaring people
The Mediterranean was a highway, not a barrier to trade, communication, and cultural exchange.
What do these stories tell us about Greek Society?

5. Minoan Society 2000 BCE – 1700 BCE Established on the island of Crete
Knossos complex
Minoan Society

6. Knossos Palace Nerve center of society Ruler’s home Storehouses
Tax collection
Workplace of palace officials
Linear A
Symbols stood for syllables
Knossos Palace

7. Palace complex Knossos

8. What was so great about Minoans?
Sailed all over the Mediterranean
Used Phoenician designs for ships
Traded w/Greece, Anatolia, Phoenicia, Egypt
Traded wine, olive oil, & wool for grain, textiles, and manufactured goods (ie: pottery)
Established colonies on Cyprus & other islands
What was so great about Minoans?

9. Indoor plumbing and Bulls

10. So why aren’t we using Linear A today?
Around 1700 BCE – earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves
They rebuilt even bigger complexes which attracted invaders
By 1100 BCE they fell under foreign domination by… the Mycenean’s
So why aren’t we using Linear A today?

11. Because of the Myceneans?

12. How did the Myceneans take over the Minoans?
From 1500 to 1000 BCE Myceneans overpowered? the Minoans
Established Linear B
Established settlements in Anatolia, Sicily, and S. Italy
How did the Myceneans take over the Minoans?

13. Hints

14. Sparta & Athens, examples of ?
POLIS: local refuge
Started as a town, became a city, needed a government, etc.
Monarchies, collective rule, tyrants
Sparta & Athens, examples of ?

15. Spartan Culture Made helots of people Austere equality
Social status determined by abilities as a warrior
Families delayed
Why did they need a strong military culture?
Spartan Culture

16. Which city? Vote Military service No say-so over children Own property
Man
Woman
Vote
Military service
No say-so over children
Own property
No Vote
Vigorous exercise
No say-so over children
No property ownership
Which city?

17. Which city? Direct Vote ostracism Military service for the poor
Man
Woman
Direct Vote
ostracism
Military service for the poor
Say-so over children
Own property
No Vote
Vigorous exercise
No say-so over children
Property control w/ dowry & inheritance
Which city?

18. Solon’s Solution for Athens
Aristocrats keep land
No more debt slavery and free pass for debt
Commoners representation in the council of 400
Reformed judicial system
Solon’s Solution for Athens

19. Did Solon’s reforms make Athens a democratic state?
Why is this an important detail?

20. 461 BCE to 429 BCE
Brought Athens into a new age of democracy
Pericles

21. Why would the Greeks find it necessary to colonize?

22. What are some commonalities about Greek colonization?

23. Greek Colonization Facts
Began settlement in the 8th century BCE
Settled Sicily and S. Italy 1st
Colonies brought in agricultural goods and became lucrative markets
More Greeks lived in colonies than on the mainland
Colonized heavily in the black sea region
Not a national policy
Increased trade, communication, and cultural exchange
Greek Colonization Facts

24. What’s the Greco-Persian conflict about?
Persian Wars BCE
Persian rulers Cyrus & Darius & Xerxes
Familiarity w/ the names of major battles
Why did it stop?
What’s the Greco-Persian conflict about?

25. Persian Conflict

26. Ask yourself… why did the people who joined the Delian league do so
Ask yourself… why did the people who joined the Delian league do so? Why did those who abstained do so?
The Delian League

27. Based on what you know about the cultural differences between Sparta & Athens along with the alliances present in the Delian league do you believe the cause of war cited in the Illiad is based on factual events or is a cover for deeper divisions?
With a partner write a 5 sentence power packed defense of your position. You have 10 minutes.
Thesis
(3) 1 sentence reasoning statements
1 conclusion statement
The Peloponnesian War

28. Now, create a group of 4 and read both statements present aloud.
As a group, synthesize your statements into one statement that represents the strongest argument.
Elect a representative to read the statement to the class.
Class will vote on the strongest statement and will debate the reasons for their choice.

29. Rise of the Macedonians
Phillip the 2
Leadership built on strength, not heredity
Built a strong military
After gaining control of Macedon turned his attention to Greece
Assassinated in 336 BCE
Rise of the Macedonians

30. Came to power at 20 years old
Unlimited ambition
Alexander the Great

31. What’s so great about Alexander?

32. The Alexander conspiracy theory. Never mix love and politics.

33. Alex’s General’s Holdings
Alexander’s Holdings
Alex’s General’s Holdings
Hellenistic Empires

34. The period between the death of Alexander the Great and the Roman empire refers to the expansion of Greek cultural traditions beyond the traditional borders of Greece.
And the question is…

35. Bactrian
Ptolemaic
Selucid
Hellenistic Empires

36. How did these trade networks contribute to a larger sense of Greek community between the various empires in the region?
Trade

37. Helped to contribute to the spirit of collective identity.
Not the benign games of today.
The Olympic Games

38. Greek Society & Women

39. Greek Society & Children

40. Philosophy No writings Reflection on the purposes and goals of life
Socrates BCE
Plato BCE
No writings
Reflection on the purposes and goals of life
Corrupting the youth of Athens
Socrates disciple
Wrote down Socrates ideas
Theory of forms
The Republic – the ideal state
Philosophy

41. Plato’s allegory of the cave
Smart Research:
What is it? What does it mean? Where did you find it?

42. Philosophy Disciple of Plato Disagreed with his forms philosophy
Aristotle
Greek Philosophers
Disciple of Plato
Disagreed with his forms philosophy
Rules of logic
Relied on the natural world
Influenced later Christian scholars
Later Christian and Islamic scholars aligned their view with early Greek philosophers
Philosophy

43. Greek Pantheon of dieties
Cults (Dionysis)
Religion

44. Based on this textual evidence, how important was the theater in ancient Greek society?

45. In what ways have these philosophies influenced religious history?
Epicureans – quiet pleasure the greatest good
Skeptics – refusal to take strong positions
Stoics – duty to help others and be virtuous
In what ways have these philosophies influenced religious history?

46. Describe the difference in Greek political organization as compared with other civilizations you have previously studies. What are the main differences? Similarities?

47. Don’t just memorize, THINK!
Now write… thinking about Greek society, the people, philosophies, wars, lifestyle, etc.
Help me form a question that will encapsulate the information from this chapter into a usable form.