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The Greeks

The Greeks. Minoan Crete. Named after King Minos Knossus 1450 BC Catastrophic collapse Survivors fled to mainland Greece. Warrior people Lived in or near fortified cities King Agamemnon. Mycenaeans 1600-1100 BC. Prince Paris of Troy King Menelaus of Sparta Gods choose sides

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The Greeks

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  1. The Greeks

  2. Minoan Crete • Named after King Minos • Knossus • 1450 BC Catastrophic collapse • Survivors fled to mainland Greece

  3. Warrior people Lived in or near fortified cities King Agamemnon Mycenaeans 1600-1100 BC

  4. Prince Paris of Troy King Menelaus of Sparta Gods choose sides Siege warfare continued for 10 years Odysseus and the horse Troy destroyed Aftermath of war Trojan War 1260-1250 BC

  5. Greek Dark Age c. 1100-750 BC • Population decline • Migration • Phoenician alphabet • Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

  6. City-state Acropolis Agora Citizenship Polis c. 750-500 BC

  7. Hoplites Phalanx Citizen soldiers Seasonal warfare Bitter rivalries Warfare

  8. Hoplites

  9. Tyranny 750-550 BC • Coup de tat • Initially popular • Replaced by oligarchy or democracy

  10. Peloponnesus Conquest of Laconia and Messenia Periokoi Helots Military state Infanticide Education of boys and girls Sparta

  11. Sparta • Dual kingship • Ephors • Rejected outside influences

  12. Founded 700 BC Land reform Reforms of Solon 594 BC Tyranny of Pisistratus 560-556 & 546-527 BC Hippias 527-510 BC Cleisthenes 508-501BC Athens

  13. Athens • Democracy • Demos “people” Kratia “power” • New political divisions • Assembly

  14. 499-494 BC Ionian Greek rebellion Sept. 12, 490 BC Battle of Marathon Themistocles (524-459 BC) Aug. 9-12, 480 BC Battle of Thermopylae Athens burned Sept. 20, 480 BC Battle of Salamis Aug. 27, 479 Battle of Plataea Treaty in 448 BC Persian Wars 499-448 BC

  15. Delian League Severed ties with Spartans Expanded democracy Foreign expansion Allowed all males over 18 to join the Assembly Age of Pericles

  16. Caused by mutual mistrust between the Peloponnesian League and Delian League City of Megara, a Spartan ally defected to Athens. Despite initial success, Athens entered a 30 year treaty with Sparta First Peloponnesian War 460-445 BC

  17. Crisis in Corcyra Strategies 429 BC Plague Athenian victories in northwest Greece Cleon (d.422 BC) 422 BC Battle of Amphipolis Nicias (470-413 BC) 421 BC Treaty Second Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC

  18. 415 Alcibiades 415-413 Sicilian Expedition Sacrilege and defection Persian alliance Defection again Victories at sea Banishment Second Peloponnesian War

  19. Peace rejected 406 Battle of Notium 406 Battle of Arginusae Peace again rejected 405 Lysandar and the Battle of Aegospatami 404 Defeat Thirty Tyrants Second Peloponnesian War

  20. Ionic Doric Corinthian Greek Architecture

  21. Tragedy Comedy Sophocles Euripides Aeschylus Greek Drama

  22. Love of wisdom Sophists Socrates (469-399) Plato (424-327) Aristotle (384-322) Philosophy

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