ANCIENT GREECE

GREEK INNOVATIONS

• The ancient Greeks had many innovative ideas about the universe.
• The Greeks indroduced many ideas about government that we still use today.
• They made many advances in mathematics, astronomy, liturature, and philosophy

EARLY PEOPLE OF THE AEGEAN

• The Minoan people setted on the island of Crete
• They were the first Civilization in the region
• The Minoan people thrived between 1600 B.C and 1500 B.C.
• In 1400 B.C the Minoan Civilization dissapeared
• A natural disaster is believed to be the cause of the people's dissapearence

EARLY PEOPLE OF THE AEGEAN

• The Mycenaeans dominated the Greek mainland between 1400 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
• The Mycenaeans adapted both Egyptian and Mesopotamian ideas
• The Mycenaens are best remembered for the Trojan War
• The poet Homer decribed the wars in his poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey
• These poems show alot about the values and religion of the ancient Greeks

THE RISE OF GREEK CITY-STATES

• Though differnet the Greek city-states had mutual culture
• They had the smae language, religion, and festivals
• They were talented salors and traitors because of their access to theMedditerrain
• Greeks developed a new version of the city-state called the polis
• They built cities on two levels with the acropolis on the hilltop

GOVERNING CITY-STATEs

• The first ruler of the polis was a king
• slowly the power was handed over to noble land owners
• as trade expanded a new middle class of merchants, farmers, and artisans formed
• they challenged the land owners for power and came to rule some city-states
• the result was a form of government called an oligarchy

SPARTA AND ATHENS

• Sparta was society that based life primarily arond fighting
• Athens developed into a democracy and revolved around knowledge
• democracy is a government run by the people, only men participated

VICTORY AND DEFEAT IN THE GREEK WORLD

• Athens and sparta ame together to defend themselves against Persia
• After the Persia Athens flourished under the rule of Pericles
• Democracy and culture thrived under his rule
• Athens created a direct democracy, so power shifted to citizens

THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE

• Greeks had great faith in the power of the human mind
• many Greek artists, writers, and philosophers denied that gods had influence on events
• instead they used observations and reasson to the find causes of events that happened
• philosophers like Socrates and Aristole deveoped new ideas about truth and government

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

• King Phillip of Macedonia bulit a superb army
• He eventually controlled all of Greece
• After his death, his son Alexander took over
• Alexender's victories spread Greek culture across the Mediterranean world
• The Greek culture's legacy influenced the Rome and Western Europe

SITES

• http://thedeepestred.wordpress.com/alexander-the-great/
• http://languages.utah.edu/study-abroad/athens-greece.php
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericles
• http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?215922-sparta_total_war_III-s...
• http://tccl.rit.albany.edu/knilt/images/3/33/155-gods_goddesses_chart.jpg

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