1. ANCIENT GREECE LOCATION: BETWEEN ASIA, AFRICA AND EUROPE IT WAS COMPOSED OF: THE BALKAN PENINSULA THE PELOPONNESE ASIA MINOR Its location contributed to: Independence of Greek cities To sell their products (sea voyages)

2. HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE METAL AGE BRONZE AGE IRON AGE MINOAN (CRETE) MYCENAEAN (PELOPONNESE) KING MINOS WRITING TRADE LIVED FROM LIVESTOCK AGRICULTURE AND TRADING DORIANS GREEK DARK AGE DORIANS SUBJUGATED PEOPLE POLEIS

3. ARCHAIC AGE: COLONISATION POLEIS GOVERNED BY KINGS ARISTOCRACY TYRANTS COLONIAL EXPANSION

4. CLASSICAL AGE (SPLENDID AGE) ATHENS SPARTA MILITARY CONFLICTS -POLEIS PROTESTED AGAINST ARISTOCRACY -REFORMS : EKKLESIA (ELECTED MAGISTRATES AND VOTED ON THE LAWS) -DEMOCRACY -OLIGARCHY -TWO KINGS, 28 ELDERS AND 5 OFFICIALS -LYCURGUS WROTE THE LAWS -PERSIAN WARS -PELOPENNESIAN WARS

5. HELLENISTIC AGE Macedonia conquered greek cities. Philip II expanded Macedonian´s territories. Alexander The Great (Philip´s son) took control of Greece, Syria, Egypt and Mesopotamia. After Alexander´s death three hellenistic kingdoms were formed: MACEDONIA AND GREECE ASIA MINOR, SYRIA, MESOPOTAMIA AND THE OLD PERSIAN EMPIRE EGYPT THE ROMANS TOOK CONTROL OF THE GREEK TERRITORIES (1ST AND 2ND CENTURY BC)

6. THE ECONOMY AGRICULTURE (VINES AND OLIVES) CRAFTS TRADE (USED SILVER COINS) THE SOCIETY CITIZENS NON-CITIZENS (FOREIGNERS) SLAVES * WOMEN´S ROLE WAS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON EACH GREEK CITY STATE

7. RELIGION BELIEVED IN MANY GODS BELIEVED IN HEROES EACH CITY HAD ITS OWN GODS WORSHIPPED IN TEMPLES OLYMPIC GAMES WERE DEDICATED TO ZEUS BELIEVED IN ORACLES PRIESTS INTERPRETED THE MESSAGES

8. ARTS PHYLOSOPHY (SOCRATES, PLATO AND ARISTOTLE) LITERATURE (THEATRE AND POEMS) HISTORY (HERODOTUS AND THUCYDIDES WERE THE FIRST HISTORIANS) SCIENCES MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, MEDICINE ASTRONOMY

9. ARCHITECTURE

10. TEMPLE TOMB

11. THEATRE STADIUM

12. HIPPODROME GYMNASIUM

13. SCULPTURES ARCHAIC CLASSICAL

14. HELLENISTIC