Download Chapter 5 Classical Greece

Warm-up
Need learning Log
 Take a map from the back of the room and
take time to label.
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Review map of Greece
Learning log activity
 Look in book on page
 List as many geographical attributes of
Greece.
 What did these people do for work and
food?
 What are the benefits to the Geography?
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Geography Shapes Greek Life
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Geographically what
is Greece made up
of?
 Mountainous
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peninsula
 About 2,000 islands
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Geography Shapes Greek Life
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What seas
surround the
Greek peninsula?
 Mediterranean
Sea
 Aegean
sea
 Ionian Sea
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Geography Shapes Greek Life
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How did the sea
shape the Greek
civilization?
 Greeks
rarely
had to travel
longer then 85
miles to the coast
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Geography Shapes Greek Life
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Why was living so close to the coast so
important?
 The
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people were near important trade routes
What happened when the Greeks became
skilled sailors?
 Greece
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was connected with other societies
The Greeks lacked natural resources.
Geography Shapes Greek Life
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What covered 75% of Greek land?
 Mountains
Mountains ran from the northwest to the
southeast of the Balkan Peninsula
 How did the mountains affect the Greek
communities?
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 They
became small independent communities
Geography Shapes Greek Life
The roads that existed were just dirt paths
 How did this effect transportation?
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 It
took travelers days to travel the distance we
can travel in just hours in today's world
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Only a small part of the land was arable
What does arable mean?
 Suitable
for farming
Geography Shapes Greek Life
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Why was Greece not able to support a
large population?
 Lack
of fresh water for fertilization
 Very little amount of farmland
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In what ways did Greece’s location by the
sea and its mountainous lands affect its
development?
Geography Shapes Greek Life
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What was the third important factor that
influenced the Greek civilization?
 The
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Climate
Temperature
 Winter
averages 48 degrees
 Summer averages 80 degrees
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Why was this significant?
 Men
life
met and discussed public events, news and civic
Mycenaean Civilization Develops
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Who is said to have
settled the Greek
main land around
2000 B.C.?
 Mycenaean's
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Where did this name
of the people come
from?
 The
leading city:
Mycenae
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Mycenaean Civilization Develops
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Where is Mycenae
located?
 Southern
Greece
on a steep rocky
ridge
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Mycenaean Civilization Develops
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Who dominated the Mycenae civilization
from 1600 to 1100 B.C.?
 Kings
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Who did the Mycenae’s come in contact
with after 1500 B.C.?
 Minoan
civilization
Mycenaean Civilization Develops
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What value did the
Mycenae see in the
Minoan civilization?
 Seaborne
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trade
Who did the
Mycenae's come in
contact with in sea
trade?
 Aegean
islands,
coastal towns, Syria,
Egypt, Italy & Crete
Mycenaean Civilization Develops
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How did contact with
the Minoans effect the
Mycenae culture?
During the 1200s
B.C., who did the
Mycenaeans fight a
ten-year war against?
 Troy
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Where is Troy
located?
 Anatolia.
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Mycenaean Civilization Develops
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Why did the Trojan war take place?
 Trojan
prince had kidnapped Helen,
the beautiful wife of a Greek king.
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Who suggested that the stories of
the Trojan War might have been
based on real cities, people, and
events?
 German
archaeologist Heinrich
Schliemann
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Mycenaean Civilization Develops
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How is it said
that the
Myceans
attacked Troy?
 Hiding
soldiers
in a hollow
wooden horse.
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Get in groups
Greek Culture Declines
Under the Dorians
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Who took over the
war torn countryside?
 The
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Dorians
What language did
they speak?
A
dialect of Greek
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Greek Culture Declines
Under the Dorians
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How were the Myceans related to the Dorians?
 They
may have been distant relatives of the Bronze
Age Greeks.
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How did the Dorian society compare to the
Mycenean society?
 The
Dorians were far less advanced than the
Mycenaeans.

What happened to the economy?
 The
economy collapsed and trade eventually came to
a standstill soon after their arrival
Greek Culture Declines
Under the Dorians
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What else happened while the Dorians
were in power?
 Greeks
appear to have temporarily lost the art
of writing during the Dorian Age. No written
record exists from the 400-year period
between 1150 and 750 B.C.
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As a result, little is known about this
period of Greek history.
Greek Culture Declines
Under the Dorians
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How did the Greeks learn of their history
during this time?
 Storys
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Who was one of the great storytellers at
this time
 Homer
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Greek Culture Declines
Under the Dorians
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What are epics?
 Narrative poems
celebrating heroic deeds
What was Homers greatest
epics?
 The Illiad
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Greek Culture Declines
Under the Dorians
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“My dear husband, your warlike spirit will be your death.
You've no compassion for your infant child, for me, your
sad wife, who before long will be your widow. . . . As for
me, it would be better, if I'm to lose you, to be buried in
the ground. . . .” Great Hector . . . replied, “Wife, all this
concerns me, too. But I’d be disgraced, dreadfully
shamed . . . , if I should slink away from war, like a
coward. [F]or I have learned always to be brave, to fight
alongside Trojans at the front, striving to win great fame
for my father, for myself.”
HOMER, Iliad (translated by Ian Johnston)
Greek Culture Declines
Under the Dorians
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The Greeks developed a rich set of myths,
What are myths?
 Traditional
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stories, about their gods.
What did the Greek people get from these
myths?
 Understand
the mysteries of nature and the
power of human passions
Homework
 Page 126 – Questions 3 & 4
 Read pages 127 - 129