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Chapter 8 The Ancient Greeks By: Hallie Mosher Lesson 1 The Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures. The Cycladic and Minoan Culture • The Cyclades are a group of 200 islands which were located east of the Greek mainland in the southern Aegean Sea. • Archeologists have learned that most Cycladic people made their living by fishing or trading. • The Minoan culture began on a large island in Crete. • In about 2000 B.C. the Minoans began to build large, richly decorated places. The Mycenaean and Trojan culture • The Mycenaean culture takes its name fron the city of Mycenae. • Archeologists believe that a settlement at Mycenae. • The Trojan culture was centered in the ancient city of Troy. • The Trojans couldn’t defeat the Mycenaeans so they built a Trojan horse to get in and defeat them. Lesson 2 The Rise of the City-states, Athens, Sparta, and to be Greek The Rise of the City-states and Athens • The development of the Classical Greek civilization began with the rise of the citystates. • Among the best-known and most powerful Greek city-states which were Sparta and Athens. • Most city-states were located in coastal areas and had economies based on trade. • The Spartans were made up of three classes. Sparta and to be Greek • The city-state of Athens was located on Attica which is a part of Balkan Peninsula, which is northeast of the Peloponnesus. • More reforms in 508 B.C. made the Athenian city-states the world’s very first democracy. • Since the city-states were independent, people didn’t think of belonging to a country as Americans do. Lesson 3 The Persian wars, the Age of Pericles, achievements to the Golden Age, and Greek Philosophers. The Persian Wars and the Age of Pericles • For Hundreds of years the Greek city-states fought over land and trade. • Soldiers from the Athens met a larger Persian Force on the plain of Marathon which was not far from the Athens. • The Athens felt pride in new leadership position after the defeat of the Persians. • Pericles was a relative of Cleisthenes, the Athenian leader who had taken governing authority away from the Aristocracy and given it to the city-states assembly. The End of the Golden Age and Greek Philosophers • Pericles was a relative of Cleisthenes, the Athenian leader who had taken governing authority away from the Aristocracy and given it to the city-states assembly. • Pericles wanted to make Athens not just the “school of Greece” but also its most powerful city-state. • After the Peloponnesian War there were still many great thinkers and teachers and teachers in Athens. Lesson 4 The making of an empire, building of an empire, end of an empire, and Alexander’s Legacy. The making of an empire and building of an empire • Alexander was born in 356 B.C. in Macedonia. • His father was Philip II, a Macedonian who had spent part of his boyhood in Greek lands. • With the Greek city-states under his control, Alexander turned to completing his father’s plan for attacking the Persian Empire. The End of the Empire and Alexander’s Legacy • Alexander the Great ruled a wide area, but he wanted still more lands. • Beyond Persia lay the Indus Valley. • Alexander the Great and his army came into contact with many different cultures. • Many of the conquered peoples learned to speak and write in toms.