Transcript Ancient Greece - Burlington Township School District

Ancient Greece
Minoa to Mycenae
Answer In Complete Sentences/Quiz
 Which Indian religions believe in moksha (release
from the cycle of reincarnation), reincarnation,
karma, ahimsa (nonviolence) and the power of
meditation? Which came first?
 Name a relationship that Confucianism says is
important and should be respected
 What does ‘the Dao’ translate to? Name a basic
belief.
 Name a relationship/similarity between Islam,
Christianity, and Judaism. Put them in order of
appearance.
Major Greek Contributions
Trial by Jury
– Greek Myths
– Democracy
– Tragedy and Comedy
– Theatre
– The Olympics
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KNOW THIS!
 The ancient Greeks all spoke the same language.
They believed in the same gods. They shared
a common heritage. They perceived themselves as
Greeks.
 The ancient Greeks referred to themselves,
however, as citizens of their individual city-states.
Each city-state (polis) had its own personality,
goals, laws and customs. Ancient Greeks were
very loyal to their city-state.
Minoan Civilization
 Named Minoans after
 Everything we know
King Minos in Greek
Mythology by Arthur
Evans
 We don’t know what they
called themselves
 Can’t read their writing
 Do not know what
language they spoke
(wasn’t Greek)
comes from their ruins
 No evidence of
fortifications, so its
concluded that their
Aegean empire was based
on trade
 Their written record
supports this (appears to
be inventories/payments)
Minoa to Mycenae
 1400 B.C.-Minoa mysteriously vanished;
theories of its disappearance include
volcanic eruption on the island of Thera
(230 years earlier), earthquake and invasion.
 What is known for sure is that Minoan
culture was adapted by the Mycenaeans
and their demise paved the way for
Mycenaean dominance in the Aegean
Mycenae
 Combination of city-
states on mainland
Greece (Thebes,
Athens, Mycenae)
 Built fortified cities
 Much more
militaristic than
Minoans
 Fought in the Trojan
War
The Trojan War
 Two possible causes:
 Historians like to associate with economic rivalry
(Troy controlled the straits between the the
Aegean and Black seas-Dardanelles)
 Homer said it was because the Trojan Paris took
Helen back to Troy with her and Menelaus (the
Greek King of Sparta) formed an army to get her
back
 1870’s Heinrich Schliemann proves the war,
previously thought to be legend, actually occurred
 Homer’s Illiad is still the main source of
information about the Trojan War