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Chapter 5
Classical Greece 2000 BC – 300 BC
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Chapter 5 Section 1 Geography shapes Greek life
Different than others Jagged Coastline Ocean isolates them Rivers were short and shallow, Not fertile soil to farm Grew grapes, some grain, olive oil & fish from sea Unique - grew different products Life not easy
Chapter 5 Section 1 Geography
Has a lot to do with their life. “Greeks did not live on a land but around a Sea”
Mountains Balkan Peninsula Aegean Sea Ionian Sea Good Sailors Adriatic Sea UNEVEN COAST LINE
Creates a lot of ports and isolated places
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Chapter 5 Section 1 Minoan 2,000 BC Live on Crete Island We don’t know a lot about them but… Merchants and Sailors Peaceful people - no walls or fortifications Had to trade because of the poor soil FRESCOE - paintings onto the wet plaster so it absorbs - last longer - shows advancement
Weakened by Earthquake & “tsunami”
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Chapter 5 Section 1 Mycenaean 1600-1200 BC
PERIOD OF EARLY GREEK HISTORY Conquer Crete War like people Affected by earthquakes as well.. We know a lot about them because
1.Documents = linear B (Early form of Greek writing different script, adopted from the Minoan Civilization)
2. Archeology - sites and remains -Architecture, weapons, frescoes
3. Homer’s Writings, Odyssey & Iliad =Tells a lot about these people.
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Chapter 5 Section 1 Mycenaean 1600-1200 BC We know a lot about them because
1.Documents = linear B (Early form of Greek writing different script, adopted from the Minoan Civilization)
2. Archeology - sites and remains -Architecture, weapons, frescoes
3. POEMS - Homer’s Writings, Odyssey & Iliad =Tells a lot about these people. (Homer 725 BC, written in 550 BC , Oral until then) Time Ranges Geographic features How they lived Trojan War Fairly strong historical document with some flaws
Chapter 5 Section 1 A clay tablet with writing in Linear B from Mycenae
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Dorians
Not long after the Trojan War, Mycenaean civilization collapsed.
Dorians move in Far less advanced Lost art of writing! No written records from 1150-750 BC Little known about this time….
Chapter 5 Section 1 Greek Religion Ø Did not emphasize personal morality
Ø Three things it did;
Ø 1. Explains nature - lightning, thunderstorms, earthquakes, the 4 seasons
Ø 2. Emotions - self control
Ø 3. Benefits - long life, good luck, good harvest
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Chapter 5 Section 1 Had a god for everything
Ø Zeus - god of all gods Ø Athena - goddess of war -Protector of
wisdom - Athens named after her (Zeus daughter)
Ø Apollo - Zeus’s son- god of light, music, poetry
Ø Dionysus- god of fertility and wine
Chapter 5 Section 1 Pleasing gods was important
Ø showed strength and bravery through contest = Olympic Games
Ø First games held in 776 BC Ø Women couldn’t go or compete…. Ø Podcast “early Olympics”
