1 / 9

Chapter 4- Ancient Greece

Chapter 4- Ancient Greece. Mariah Kleinwolterink. Greece. The civilization of Greece existed from 2500-350 BC. Different Groups. Crete was the largest island and was a main center for sea trade. The 300 year “dark age” came up when the Dorians overran. Hellenistic culture re-emerge .

terah
Download Presentation

Chapter 4- Ancient Greece

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 4- Ancient Greece Mariah Kleinwolterink

  2. Greece • The civilization of Greece existed from 2500-350 BC.

  3. Different Groups • Crete was the largest island and was a main center for sea trade. • The 300 year “dark age” came up when the Dorians overran. • Hellenistic culture re-emerge.

  4. Ancient Greek • Spartans- military minded people • Athens- Fine arts and beauty • The Athenians and Persians fought the battle of Marathon. The Greeks won the battle.

  5. Height of the Greek Civilization • Pythagorus-Developed math theories • Hippocrates-considered “father of medicine” • Myron’s The Discus Thrower • Herodotus- Greek historian

  6. Famous Greek • Socrates- Asked all questions to students; drank hemlock • Plato- Opened academy after Socrates death; talked about ideal forms of things; questioned reality • Aristotle- Plato’s most famous students; developed idea of how humans act in stupid and evil ways

  7. Hellenistic World • Alex-tutored by Aristotle; spread Greek culture and pulled together Eastern and Western ideas • Alexandria lighthouse • Philosophy • Cynics-live simply, be happy • Stoicism-gain happiness by ignoring emotions, follow reason, accept difficult • Euclid’s geometry and Archimedes principle

  8. Alexander’s Empire

  9. Empire Split • Split into 3 • The Greek’s 1/3 was in internal war which made them more vulnerable for the Romans

More Related