Monday- Greece powerpoint
Notes:
The lighthouse of Alexandria
The world's first lighthouse
280 BC
Most likely it was destroyed by earthquakes
Remains found in Mediterranean Sea in 1994
Greece
South of Europe
Greece is a small country in Europe
The main part of Greece in on a peninsula
Greece is surrounded by bodies of water
Mediterranean sea, Aegean sea , and Ionian
The sea was important to the Greeks because trade, resources, and transportation
Mountains covered around 3/4’s of ancient Greece
Mt.Olympus- home of the 12 Olympian greek gods
Due to mountains, transportation over land was difficult
Greeks did not have much fertile land for agriculture
Due to these issues, ancient Greece never had a large population-no more than a few million
Ancient Olympics
Records of olympics date to 776 BC and lasted until 393 AD when the Romans ended them
Lasted one day at first but eventually extended to five days
Happened every four years-an Olympiad
Started as a tribute to Zeus and has a mythological origin
The modern Olympic games started up again
In 1896 again
Pentathlon- Long jump, Javelin, Discus, Stadion-200 yards, and Wrestling
Tuesday- Greece power point continued
Notes:
Heavily influenced by the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations
Named after legendary Crete King Minos of Greek mythology
Known for it’s advanced cities- Knossus
Not overcrowded, plumbing, toilets
Known for women having much higher status
Downfall of the Minoans
Around 1500 BC, ended abruptly
Earthquakes destroyed their ships and area
Some historians think Minoa could have been Atlantis
Plato- Greek philosopher
Mycenaeans
1600-BC
Heavily influenced by the minoans
Known for their trade around mediterranean sea, Aegean sea
Mycenaeans did unite to fight the Trojan War against Troy
The Mycenaean fell apart due to wars and The Sea peoples sacking their city-states
Dorians
Came from the area north of Greece
Less advanced than Mycenaeans
Trade and culture slowed
Greece went into a Dark age
Homer
Was a Greek epic poet from 750-700 BC
Narrative poems celebrated heroic deeds
The iliad was about the Trojan War
The Odyssey was a sequel that was after Trojan War
Wednesday- Greece powerpoint
Notes:
Polis- city- Minneapolis, Indianapolis
Acropolis- a settlement in a city on higher ground used for defense and a place to discuss politics
Monarchy- government ruled by one person-king, queen
Aristocracy- government ruled by a small group of wealthy, landowning families
Oligarchy- government ruled by a few powerful people
Tyrants- Powerful individuals who seize control from the government
Could be good or bad
Today we see tyranny as a bad thing
Democracy- Ruled by the people
Athens had perhaps the world’s first democracy
Only allowed citizens to participate- Women, slaves, and foreigners were not citizens
Education in Athens
Only for the sons of wealthy families
Started at age 7 and focused on developing good citizens
Studied reading,grammar,poetry,history,math,music,logic and public speaking
Public debate and athletics were also stressed
Once older, students went to military school
Girls were educated by their mothers in the home to do cleaning,cooking,child-rearing,etc.
Sparta was very powerful and had its own army
-defeated the messenians in 725 BC and in 650 BC
Unlike Athens and other city-states, it did not have democracy
Built a military
Only men born in Sparta were citizens
Women were not allowed to become citizens
Service to Sparta was stressed
Received some military training
Athletics were stressed
Learn read and write in Sparta was not very important
Training to become a good soldiers was stressed
Young boys left home at 7 and trained to be soldiers until they were 30
Thursday- Working on Mythology Presentations
Friday- Continuing Working on Mythology Presentations
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