9/16 - 9/20

Monday-Test

Tuesday-Test

Wednesay- Notes

 

Mythology: Myths are stories about supernatural beings which were handed down orally from one generation to another.

 

Myths attempt to explain such things as: Nature- Where did earth come from? Heavons? Seasons?

Man- Where did we come from?

Gods- Where do the gods come from?

They were polytheistic

 

The Creation of World- First there was Chaos

Chaos had two kids- Gaea and Uranus

Titans

Oeanus and Tethys

Hyperion and Thea

Coeus and Phoebe

Cronus and Rhea

Mnemosyne

Themis

Crius

Lapetus

 

Monsters

 

Uranus locked the monsters in Tartarus

Gaea was upset and asked the titans to help

Cronus, the youngest and strongest,overthrew his father, and seized control of the Universe

Cronus took Rhea, his sister as his wife and divided the earth among his fellow titans

 

Cronus and Rhea has six kids- The Olympian



Titanomochy-- War of the Titans





Thursday-Notes/ Presentation

 

War of Titans

Cronus vs Zeus

Titans Zeus Siblings

Monster

 

Friday-Video

 

Geography of Greece

 

Important of Greece

  • Trade
  • Most Greeks lived within 85 miles of the sea
  • Used the sea as a means of transportation



Due to the mountains, transportation over land was difficult at that time

 

Greeks did not have much fertile land for agriculture, unlike the early civilizations that we discussed

 

Greek City-States

Due to Greece’s Geography, city states developed instead of unified country.

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