Intro. To Ancient Greek Civ.

1. ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION
FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN
CIVILIZATION

2. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE
ANCIENT GREEKS
•DEMOCRACY
•PHILOSOPHY
•DRAMA
•MATHEMATICS
•LITERATURE-MYTHOLOGY
•WRITTEN HISTORY
•MEDICINE
•SCIENCE
•SPORTS-OLYMPICS

3. HELLAS
WHAT THE GREEKS
CALLED THEIR LAND

4. GEOGRAPHY OF GREECE
•MOUNTAINOUS
•SMALLER RIVERS
•LARGE COASTLINE
•MANY SMALL ISLANDS
•MILD CLIMATE

8. IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY
•GREEK CITY-STATES DEVELOP
INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER
•POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION
•TRADE AND COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITY ALONG THE COASTAL
REGIONS

9. TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS OF
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY

10. HELLENIC PERIOD
@2000-323BC
•EARLY AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS
•HOMER
•EMERGENCE OF THE CITY-STATE(POLIS)
•PERSIAN WARS
•GOLDEN AGE -CLASSICAL PERIOD
•PELOPONNESIAN WAR-SPARTA VS.
ATHENS
•ALEXANDER THE GREAT

11. HELLENISTIC PERIOD
@323 BC-30BC
•SPREAD OF GREEK CULTURE
•DIVISION OF ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE
•EXPANSION OF LEARNING
•GREECE COMES UNDER THE CONTROL
OF ROME

12. EARLY AEGEAN CIVILIZAITONS
•MINOANS-LIVED ON THE ISLAND
OF CRETE
–NON-GREEK SPEAKING
•MYCENAENS-LIVED ON THE GREEK
MAINLAND
–GREEK SPEAKING

13. GREEK RELIGION
•POLYTHEISTIC
•GREEK GODS OFTEN RELATED TO ASPECTS OF NATURE
•GODS WERE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS-ANTHROPORMORPHIC
•GREEKS PRACTICED RITUALS AND SACRIFICES TO APPEASE
THE GODS
•CONSULTED ORACLES TO DISCOVER THE FUTURE
•GREEK RELGION DID NOT PROVIDE A STRONG MORAL
AUTHORITY OR STANDARD

14. THE GREEK CITY-STATE
POLIS
•ACROPOLIS-HILL-TOP FORTRESS
•AGORA-MARKETPLACE
•AMPHITHEATER-DRAMAS AND
ORATORY
•GYMNASIUM-PHYSICAL TRAINING

15. ACROPOLIS

17. AGORA

18. AMPITHEATER

20. GYMNASIUM

22. TWO MAJOR CITY-STATES
•SPARTA
–MILITARY STATE
–FOCUSED OF CREATING WARRIORS
–LOCATED ON THE PELOPONNESUS
–LARGE SLAVE POPULATION (HELOTS)
–FOCUSED MORE ON PROTECTING ITS
INTERESTS AND TERRITORY

23. •ATHENS
–COASTAL
–MAJOR COMMERCIAL CENTER
–MAJOR NAVAL POWER
–CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL CENTER
–EVOLVED INTO A DEMOCRATIC STATE

24. KEY TERMS
•HELLAS
•POLIS
•HIERARCHY
•POLYTHEISTIC
•ORACLE
•HOMER
•ANTHROPOMORPHIC
•MONARCHY
•OLIGARCHY
•DEMOCRACY