Transcript Chapter 6 Section 1

The Rise of Greek Civilization
Greece’s Geographic Setting
 In Europe, bordering Asia,
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Middle East
On Mediterranean Sea
Made up of Peninsulas
Many Rocky Islands with a
mainland
Many Mountains with little
farmland
Separate Greek communitites
Minoan
 300 to 1100 B.C. – Bronze Age
 Lived on Island of Crete on
Aegean Sea and
Mediterranean.
 Traded with mainland, Egypt,
Sicily
 Knossos is the capital
 1400s B.C. Knossos was
destroyed ad the civilization
declined
Mycenaeans
 Located on mainland Greece
 1400 B.C. – Controlled
Aegean Sea and
Mediterranean.
 Spoke early form of modern
Greek.
 Gained power through trade
and conquests
Trojan War
 Between Greece and Troy (West
coast of Turkey)
 Legend from Mycenaean
warriors
 Trojan Horse
 Created by Homer in Iliad and
Odyssey
 Taught what gods were like
and how they behaved
 Didn’t happen exactly as
described.
 Troy destroyed by fire in 1200
b.C.
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Greeks?
Greek Dark Ages…
1100 B.C. to 750 B.C.
 Greek Civ. Ended after Trojan
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War
No Trade
Forgot Writing, History
Families resettled in farming
areas
Homer writes his Epic in 800
B.C.
City-States Develop
 The First Greek City-State
developed in 750 B.C.
 Same traditions
 Government
 Laws
 Ruled by Aristocrats
City-States Develop
 Traded olive oil, marble
 Middle class develops of
merchants and artisans
 Tyrants were supported by
middle and working classes
 Not always bad, some ruled
wisely and well.
Democracy
 Citizens govern themselves
 Developed in Athens in 594
B.C.
 Solon reforms laws
 Canceled debt freed slaves
 Males 18 or older can vote on
laws
 1/5 were citizens only citizens
benefited