origins of greece
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ORIGINS OF GREECEChapter 4 Sections 1 & 2
Geography
Balkan Peninsula Pindus Mountains 1400 rocky islands Aegean, Ionian, & Mediterranean No significant rivers Lacked timber, metals, farmland Difficult to unite
Timeline
Mycenaean Culture (1600-1100BC) – Bronze Age
Greek Dark Ages (1100-750BC) – Dorians
Classical Period (500-323BC) – Rise of City-States
Hellenistic Period (323-146BC) – After Alexander the
Great
Mycenaean Culture (1600-1100BC)
Settled on Crete
Based on trade, not
conquering
Vanished
1st Greek-speaking people
Conquered Greek mainland, then Crete
Traded beyond Aegean City-States with Warrior-
Kings Trojan War (1250 BC)
Minoans (1600-1400BC) Mycenaeans (1400-1200BC)
Greek Dark Ages (1100-750BC)
Invaded from the north Vacated settlements,
abandoned writing
Settled in what became
Sparta
Blind Poet
The Iliad & the Odyssey
Dorians Homer (750 BC)
Classical Period (500-323BC)
Writing
Polis – city-state
Acropolis – High City
Agora – Main City Monarchy
Aristocracy Oligarchy
Spartans Military dominance 2 Kings & Council of Elders
Assembly approved major decisions
Helots = state-owned slaves Tied to land
Isolationist
Mindless Brutes? 1st democracy Mutual-defense treaties Rights of women Public education
Athenians Civil Unrest (Limited)
Democracy
Solon (594 BC) – archon Outlawed debt slavery, expanded
citizenship to some foreigners, more power to Assembly
Pisistratus (546 BC) – tyrant Loans for farmers, more building
projects
Cleisthenes (507 BC) – reformer Council of 500 became legislature
THIS IS ATHENS!
Sparta Athens
Spoke GreekAncient Heroes
Common FestivalsReligion
Felt Superior to Foreigners