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ANCIENT GREECE

ANCIENT GREECE. Geography of Greece. Archaic Greece: 1650 BCE - 700 BCE. Bronze Age Greece. Crete: Minoan Civilization (Palace at Knossos ). Knossos : Minoan Civilization. Minoan Civilization. No fortified walls A bureaucracy led by a king Written form of communication.

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ANCIENT GREECE

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  1. ANCIENT GREECE

  2. Geography of Greece

  3. Archaic Greece: 1650 BCE - 700 BCE

  4. Bronze Age Greece

  5. Crete: Minoan Civilization(Palace at Knossos)

  6. Knossos: Minoan Civilization

  7. Minoan Civilization • No fortified walls • A bureaucracy led by a king • Written form of communication

  8. Mycenaean Civilization

  9. Mycenaeans • Fortified walls • Warriors • Murals of war scenes

  10. Homer: The “Heroic Age”

  11. Age of Homer • Oral poetry • Singing tales • Sharp class system

  12. Courage - Arete Protection of family and possessions Honor Integrity “Always be the best and distinguished above others.” Homeric values

  13. "Hellenic" (Classical) Greece: 700 BCE - 324 BCE

  14. ATHENS: Yesterday & Today

  15. Piraeus: Athens’ Port City

  16. Early Athenian Lawgivers Draco • “draconian” Cleisthenes • created the first democracy

  17. Persian Wars: 499 BCE – 480 BCE

  18. Through 5th century, Athens and Sparta were both concerned with keeping independent of foreign threat – Persia First Persian War Athenian victory Persian emperor Darius sent army to Greece They were defeated at Marathon in 490 BCE Victory for the Athenians (Nike!) Persian Wars

  19. Golden “Age of Pericles”:460 BCE – 429 BCE

  20. Great Athenian Philosophers Socrates • Know thyself! • question everything Plato • The Academy • The Republic philosopher-king

  21. Philosophers • Meaning of life • Purpose of government • Define human nature

  22. Socrates • Well known philosopher in Athens • Then Pericles dies • A plague hits Athens Socrates is arrested for corrupting the minds of Greek youth

  23. Great Athenian Philosophers Aristotle • “Golden Mean” [everything inmoderation]. • Logic • Scientific method

  24. Athens: Arts & Sciences DRAMA: • Aeschylus • Sophocles • Euripides THE SCIENCES: • Pythagoras – Pythagorean theorem • Hippocrates  “Father of Medicine” • Hippocratic oath

  25. Phidias’ Acropolis

  26. The Acropolis Today

  27. The Parthenon

  28. The Agora

  29. Classical Greek “Ideal”

  30. Olympia

  31. Olympia: Temple to Hera

  32. Ancient Olympics:Athletes & Trainers

  33. The 2004 Olympics

  34. Other Religious Festivals • Delphi • Corinth

  35. SPARTA

  36. SPARTA Helots Messenians enslaved by the Spartans.

  37. Peloponnesian Wars

  38. Peloponnesian War431-404 BCE • No harmony among Greeks after Persian Wars • Leaves them vulnerable

  39. Macedonia Under Philip II

  40. Final Act in Classical Greece Philip of Macedonia turned it into effective, aggressive state • Took over most of mainland From now on, Greece would almost always be under foreign rule

  41. "Hellenistic" Greece: 324 BCE - 100 BCE

  42. Alexander the Great

  43. Alexander the Great’s Empire

  44. Alexander the Great in Persia

  45. The Hellenization of Asia

  46. Pergamum: Hellenistic City

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