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I. Geography
Shapes Greek Life
Map of Greece
Map
of Greece
A. By 2000 B.C.
Minoans lived on the
island of Crete and
Indo-Europeans
had settled on
Mainland Greece
Bull Jumping
B. Mainland
Greece is a
mountainous
peninsula in
southeast Europe
C. Greece has over
1400 islands in the
Aegean Sea on the
east side
D. The
Mediterranean Sea
is located to the
South
1. The Greeks
became excellent
sailors
E. Greece had few
natural resources
F. Mountains
covered about ¾ of
Greece
Mountains of Greece
1. Mountains kept
the city-states
separated
a. Thus loyalty was
to your own citystate and not to a
centralized
government
2. Travel was very
difficult
G. Only about 20 %
of the land was
used for farm land
1. With such little
land the Greeks
would search for
lands to colonize
J. The climate of
Greece was mild
48 to 80 degrees
II. Mycenaean
Civilization
Develops
Mycenaean Greece
Gates of Mycenaea
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A. Mycenaeans
were named after
their main city
Mycenae located
on the east side of
the Peloponnesus
B. Mycenaean
warrior kings were
very wealthy
1. Bronze weapons
2. Drank from gold
cups
C. Mycenae took
over the power of
the Minoans when
they decline so
abruptly
D. Mycenae did
adopt many of
Minoan customs
E. The Trojan War
1. War with Troy on
the Hellespont in
current day Turkey
2. War lasted for 10
years
3. Prince Paris of
Troy kidnaps Helen
the beautiful wife of
the king
Agamemnon of
Mycenae
Hellen’s Abduction
Hellen’s Abduction
a. Face that
launched a
thousand ships
4. Greeks win the
war with the trick of
the Trojan Horse
Trojan Horse
5. German
archaeologist ,
Heinrich Schliemann,
finds nine layers in
Turkey one may have
been Troy
Heinrich Schliemann
III. Greek Culture
Declines under the
Dorians
Doric Column
A. the Dorians
would take over
after the decline of
the Mycenaeans
B. the Dorians were
less advanced than
the Mycenaeans
IV. The Epics of
Homer
A. Homer was a
blind poet that
wrote two major
epics
B. the Iliad was a
book about the
Trojan Wars
1. About Greek
hero Achilles and
the Trojan hero
Hector
Achilles
Andromacher
Mourning Hector
C. the Odyssey
was a book about
the 10 year trip
home for the Greek
hero Odysseus
1. Odysseus uses
his wits and trickery
to get home
Odysseus blinding Polyphemos
D. Both books
described the
characteristics of
Greek heroes
1. Brave
2. Loyal
3. Integrity
4. Cunning
5. Honor
V. Greeks Create
Myths
A. The Greek
myths explained
the world around
them
B. Gods had
human
characteristics
C. Zeus was their
main god
D. Hera was his
wife
E. The gods lived in
the clouds above
Mount Olympus
F. Athena was the
guardian of cities