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Bull of Knossos
Height of Minoan
Civilization of Crete
1600-1500 BC
Trojan War:
Helen or economics?
1250 BC
1400 BC
Minoans Disappear
Mycenaean Civilization
develops
1100 BC
Greek Dark Ages
“Dorian Invasion”
Life of Homer
750 BC
 Blind poet
 Retold/had written down The Iliad & The Odyssey
 Other stories & hymns as well
 Gives us:
 Description of gods
 Details of life
 Important values
 Greek Religion
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Polytheistic
Mt. Olympus
Gods took on human qualities
Stories help explain the natural world
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Geography
Issues:
 Islands
 Mountains
 City-
States—
Individual
kingdoms
or govs
within a city
 “Polis”
 The political, religious, and social center of the city
 Acropolis: high city
 Agora: market place
Persian Empire, 521-486 B.C.
 Persia too strong, Greeks rebel
 At first—Grk city-states are weak b/c not
united
 Eventually unite
 Defeat Persian army after 50 years of
fighting
 Battle of Marathon—1st major victory
 Battles of Thermopylae—Grks outnumbered,
300 Spartans fend off Persians in support of
the other Grks
 Battle of Salamis—Naval Battle, Persian
downfall
 Athens emerges as major power in Greek
World
 Create Delian League (alliance of Grk City-
States)
 Pericles leads them into a “Golden Age”
 Athens v. Sparta
 Sparta resents Athens’s Power
 Sparta stronger military power
 Plague breaks out in Athens
 Kills 1/3 population
 Sparta allies with Persia
 Athens is defeated
 Weakens Greece again