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2. Ancient Greece (1750 BCE -133 BCE )

• Geography of Greece

• Early Peoples of the Aegean

• • Minoan Civilization

• • Mycenaean Civilization

• • Homer (Iliad Trojan War)

• • Greek Gods

3. Geography of Greece

• Aegean Sea

• Mountains and Valleys

• Islands

• Crete (Minoan)

• Rhodes

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• Minoan Civilization ( 1750 BCE -1500 BCE )

• Palace at Knossos (Island of Crete)

• * Wealth of art

• * Architecture

• Great Sailors and Traders

• Contacts with Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Disappearance

Early Peoples of the Aegean

5. Palace at Knossos

• Frescoes

6. Early Peoples of the Aegean

• • Mycenaean Civilization ( 1400 BCE -1200 BCE )

• From mainland Greece

• Attacked and stole from Minoan Civilization

• Traded as far as Sicily

• Lived in City-States

• Involved in Trojan War

7. Homer and the great Epic Poems

• Homer was a blind poet

• who lived after the fall

• of the Mycenaeans

• • Told epic stories

• • that told the religious

• • and historical

• • beliefs of the Greeks

8. Trojan War as told by the Iliad

9. Trojan War ~1250 BCE

• Troy

10. Greek Religion

• Pantheon of Gods

• • 12 Chief Gods (Zeus and Hera) Live at Mt. Olympus

• • Many Smaller gods and demigods

• • Greek Heroes are often the offspring of Humans and Gods

• • Many mythical creatures (centaurs, nymphs)

11. Zeus- King of the Gods (God of the sky)

12. Hera Queen of the Gods (Marriage)

13. Poseidon God of the Seas

14. Hades God of the Underworld

15. Aphrodite God of Love/Beauty

16. Athena God of Wisdom/Heroes/War

17. Ares God of War (bloodlust)

18. Apollo God of the Sun/light/truth

19. Artemis God of the Moon/Hunting

20. Demeter God of Fertility/Harvest

21. Hephaestus - God of Fire/Forge

22. Hermes God of Flight/Commerce (Messenger of the Gods)

23. Dionysus God of Wine/Madness

24. Religious Worship

• City Naming

• • Athens = Athena (wisdom)

• • Sparta = Nike (victory) and Artemis (huntress)

• • Corinth = Aphrodite (love)

• • Delphi = Apollo (truth)

• • Olympia = Zeus

• • Myths Often told of quarrels between the Gods which represented their city counterparts on Earth for example a fight between Artemis and Athena in a myth might represent a historical fight between Athens and Sparta

25. Religious Worship

• Poems, songs, art

• Parades

• Festivals

• Dancing, theater

• Sacrifices

• Temples and Alters

26. Assignment (part of NB #6)

• In two to three complete sentences: write down what values/ideas/properties the Coon Rapids Cardinal should represent.

• Extra:

• Feel free to draw a picture with the mythological cardinal and some examples of what it stands for.