Download Regents Review - Ancient Greece - WorlD History LHS

Essential Question:
What impact has Ancient Greece had on
World History?
Bronze Age Greece
Crete: Minoan Civilization
(Palace at Knossos)
Knossos: Minoan Civilization
• The Minoans developed writing,
used copper and bronze
• Shipbuilders
• Civilization collapsed around 1400
BCE
The Mycenaean Civilization
Thrived from 1400-1200 BCE
Were overtaken by the Dorians
– Dark Age for Greece
The Geography of Greece
Geography shapes Greek life
• Greek civilization formed around the Aegean, Ionian and
Black Seas which were used for transportation
• Trade was important due to lack of natural resources and
little fertile land
• Trade led to cultural adoption such as the alphabet
• Mountain terrain forced Greek communities to develop citystates (polis) each with its own government
SPARTA
Sparta
• Military state based on obedience
and self-discipline
• Government was an Oligarchy –
ruled by a small group of elites
• Conquered neighbors forcing
them to be Helots (slaves)
ATHENS: Yesterday & Today
Athens
• Government - Direct Democracy
• Every freeman could vote
(No women or slaves)
• Citizen Assembly
• City of Intellect
Persian Wars: 499 BCE – 480 BCE
Persian Wars: Famous Battles
•
Marathon (490 BCE)
• 26 miles from Athens
•
Thermopylae (480 BCE)
• 300 Spartans at the
Mountain pass
•
Salamis (480 BCE)
• Athenian navy victorious
Golden “Age of Pericles”:
460 BCE – 429 BCE
Pericles
leader of
Athens
Athena goddess and
protector of
Athens
Great Athenian Philosophers
• Socrates
• Socratic dialogue - question
everything
• Plato
•
The Republic  philosopher-king
• Aristotle
• Logic
• Scientific method
Homer: The “Heroic Age”
Athens: The Arts & Sciences
•
Greek contributions:
• Drama - Comedies & Tragedies
• The Sciences:
• Pythagoras – Pythagorean
Theorem
• Archimedes – Geometry, pulleys
and levers
• Eratosthenes-Calculated the
Earth’s circumference and
declared it round
Art and Architecture
The Parthenon
Located on the Acropolis
Classical Greek Art “Idealistic”
Aphrodite
Sophocles
Olympia
The Ancient Olympics:
Athletes & Trainers
The Role of Women in Greece
• Athenian women were considered inferior and
subject to their husbands will - could own clothes
and slaves, but no land
• Spartan women had more freedom many were
educated and received physical training
Peloponnesian Wars
• Fought between Athens and
Sparta
• Sparta wins, but Greek citystates were weakened
• Allowing for conquest from the
North (Phillip of Macedonia)