Ancient Greece

Geography It was not a large land mass like Egypt and Mesopotamia Small: Size of Louisiana Sea Mountains Rivers: surrounded by mountains

Mountains Seas What percent of Greece is mountainous? How did the mountains affect Greek communities and culture? Reflection: What were some of the negative effects of so many small communities? Sea to the East: Sea to the West:’ Sea to the South: What are inlets, and what did those provide? Reflection: What impact did the sea have on the spread of Greek culture and colonization?

Minoan Mycenaen When and where did they develop? If they are not Greek, why are they important? Who was the king? With who and what did they trade? Describe the Kings palace? How did the empire fall? When did it develop and decline? Describe how and where the monarchies lived? Where did the civilians (regular citizens) live? Explain their commercial network What was the poetry of Homer based on? How did the empire decline?

Minoanan Mycenaean Donde y cuando se desarrollo esta civilización? Quien era el rey? Con cuales otras civilizaciones intercambiaban bienes? Describe the Kings palace? How did the empire fall? Cuando se desarrollo? Y cuando termino? Describe donde y como Vivian los reyes y sus familias? Donde vivían los civilians (ciudadanos normales)? Con quien intercambiaban productos de cerámica (pottery)? En que se basaba la poesía de Homero? How did the empire decline?

The Dark Age Mycenae collapsed Food and population declined 1100B.C. -750B.C. Few records were written about this time The end of the Dark Age marked the basis for a new kind of Greece

During the Dark Age… Greeks spread to other Islands like Crete, Peloponnese, and to a strip of land called Ionia The city of Troy is in Ionia

Dark Age Trade/Economy Writing What metals did the Greeks begin to use? Why was this important for weapons? Why was this important for farming? What was the new alphabet called? How did it make things easier? Who was Homer? Why do you think the new alphabet helped the creation of his epics (Poems)

Dark Age Trade/Economy Writing Que metales nuevos empezaron a usar los Griegos? Porque eran importantes para las armas? Porque eran importantes para la agricultura? Como se llamaba el nuevo alfabeto? Porque hacia mas fácil el aprendizaje? Quien era Homero? Como creen que el nuevo alfabeto ayudo sus obras poéticas?

Ch. 4 Section 2: Vocabulary Polis Acropolis Agora Hoplite Phalanx Tyrant Democracy Oligarchy Helot ephor Reflection: Use Complete Sentences 1. How did the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations provide order and security? 2. Why was the Dark Age of Greece considered “dark”?

Ch. 4 Section 2: Vocabulary Polis Acropolis Agora Hoplite Phalanx Tyrant Democracy Oligarchy Helot ephor Reflexión: Usa oraciones completas 1. Como proveían orden y seguridad las civilizaciones Mycenaean y Minoan? 2. Porque se le llamaba la era oscura al “dark age” de Grecia?