The Ancient Greeks

Chapter 9.1

The Rise of the Greek Civilization

Ancient Greece 9.4

Gods & oddesses

Thinke s

Myths, pics, & fables

D mocracy

ity-states

Archit cture

Where in the World is Greece?

Ancient Greece

• What type of topography did Ancient Greece have?

• What type of jobs did they have?

• What type of foods do you think they ate?

• What type of crops did they grow?

• What type of animals did they domesticate?

• What type of climate did the ancient Greeks enjoy?

Greek Empire

• What civilizations that we have covered, were included in the Greek Empire?

Greece Today

Mountains and Seas

• Greece was the first civilization to develop in Europe and the western part of Asia.

• Greeks settled in an area dominated by mountains and seas

Balkan Peninsula

• Greece is located on the Balkan Peninsula

Greece is located in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas

• Aegean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Islands of the Aegean Sea

An Island Civilization

• Greek myths describe an early civilization on an island called Crete– Civilization was called the Minoans

Minoans- 2500BC to 1450 BC

• Built palace at Knossos

• 1st to develop in Aegean region

• NOT GREEKS

• Trade was important economic activity

Minoan

• Minoan civilization collapsed– Reasons

• Earthquakes• Invaded by Mycenaeans

Mycenaeans

• Mycenaeans moved into mainland Greece

Mycenaean Kingdom

• Mycenean king lived in a palace on a hill

• Protected by walls

Traders and Warriors

• Mycenaeans conquered Minoans

• Controlled trade in Aegean

• Mycenaeans were proud of military successes in Trojan War

A Dark Age

• Mycenaean kingdoms fought

• Earthquakes destroyed their fortresses

• Mycenaean civilization crumbled

The Hellenes

• Hellenes or Greeks– Lived on Greek mainland– Adopted an alphabet from Phoenician traders

Colonies and Trade

• Greeks established colonies– A colony is a settlement in a new territory that

has close ties to its homeland

The Greek City-State

• City-state was made up of a town or city and the surrounding area

• Each city-state or polis was like an independent country

What Did a Polis Look Like?

• Fort on hilltop

• The hilltop was called an acropolis

• Agora or marketplace

What Did Citizenship Mean to the Greeks?

• Male citizens had the right to vote, hold office, own property, and defend themselves in court

• Only free, land-owning men born in the polis could be citizens

Citizen Soldiers

• Wars were fought by wealthy nobles riding horses and driving chariots

• Citizens called hoplites made up city-state armies

Hoplites

• Fought on foot

• Heavily armed

• Carried a round shield, sword, and spear

• Fought in a formation called a phalanx