Intro to Early Greek History

CHW3M Ms. Gluskin

Geography

Black Sea Aegean Sea Asia Minor Peloponnesus Mediterranean Sea Crete World Civilizations Syllabus. Map Quiz No. 2 – Classical Greece. 2004. http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/maps/map2.html

(March 5, 2011).

Coastal Terrain

     A lot of it Jagged, most of settlements near coast Natural harbours Lots of islands (in Med. Sea, Aegean Sea)

Therefore , depend on sea; lots of foreign contact, trade, colonies; possibly vulnerable to invasion

Physical Map

Darker colours = higher altitudes Mountains of Greece. N.d. www.in2greece.com

(Feb. 4, 2012).

Inland terrain

    Mountainous (steep but not that high) Rocky: not suitable to large-scale agriculture like Egypt (not wheat) Hot and dry summers, little rainfall

Therefore: mountains prevented areas from unifying; independent city-states (polis)

City States

Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Greek Galleries: Geography of Ancient Greece. 2011. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Greek/map2.htm

(March 4, 2011).

Resources

Natural Resources

       Few, unevenly distributed Gold, silver Marble (monuments, sculpture) Iron ore Clay (pottery) Olive trees, grape vines

Therefore: trade of their major products, sometimes leads to conflicts between city states (not equal)

Timeline

    Bronze Age (heroic age) Dark Age Classical Period (golden age) Hellenistic Period (after Alexander’s death)

Minoan Civilization

  Island of Crete 3000 – 1100 BCE Minoan Bull Leaper Bronze Bull, 1300-1200 BCE Right: The British Museum, Highlights: Minoan Bull Leaper. N.d. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/minoan_bull_and_acrobat.aspx

(March 4, 2011) Left: Heritage Key Media. Top 10 Treasures to See at the British Museum. 2011 http://heritage-key.com/blogs/ann/top-10-minoan-treasures-see-british-museum (March 4, 2011).

Minoan Civ, con’t

  Archaeology Magazine: Minoans in Manhattan (2008) – photo gallery http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/minoans/jpegs/inde x.php?start=1   Minnesota State University Mankato – E Museum: Ancient Greek Civilizations Image Gallery – Minoan Art http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/galleryimag es/minoanimages.html

  Theseus and the Minotaur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrZ1clEp-Y

Mycenaeans

    1700-1250 BCE Mainland Greece Terracotta krater, 13 th Century BCE Conquered Crete Art influenced by Minoan art Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Mycenaean Civilization. 2000, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.966

(March 4, 2011).

Mycenaean Archaeology

  Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past http://proteus.brown.edu/greekpast201 0/admin/download.html?attachid=1399 8945

The Trojan War

Reconstruction at Troy    Myth and history?

The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War – the myth as shown through Greek vase painting http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/f amilies_and_children/online_tours/the _trojan_war/the_trojan_war.aspx

The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War. N.d. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/families_and_children/online_tours/the_trojan_war/the_end_of_achilles_and_troy.aspx

(March 5, 2011).

Ajax and Hektor Fighting

Perseus Digital Library, Image of Louvre G115, N.d., http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/image?img=Perseus:image:1992.06.0585

(March 5, 2011).

The Hellespont

Livius.org, Hellespont, 2007, http://www.livius.org/he-hg/hellespont/hellespont.html

(March 5, 2011).

Dark Age

      1100-750 BCE End of Mycenaean civilization Decline of trade Dorian invasions Basic agricultural life Little evidence, written or otherwise

Coming Out of the Dark Ages

    Alphabet Olympics Homer (Iliad, Odyssey) Colonies Roman bust of Homer, c. 2nd century CE, Baeie, Italy The British Museum, Explore, Marble Bust of Homer, N.d., http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/m/marble_portrait_bust_of_homer.aspx

(March 5, 2011).

Phoenecians

Kaloustian. Lebanon. 2008. http://www.kaloustian.eu/Lebanon-Beirut/index%20Lebanon.htm

(March 8, 2011).

Greek Alphabet

Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Alphabet (Early Greek). N.d., http://proteus.brown.edu/greekpast/4739 (March 5, 2011).

Linear B Script = Syllables

Ancient Scripts.com, Linear B, 2010, http://www.ancientscripts.com/linearb.html

(March 5, 2011).

Olympics

   Started 776 BCE National Geographic video (3 mins) http://www.natgeoeducationvideo.com/ film/958/ancient-greek-olympics Olive wreath as prize SI.com. 2008. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extramustard/07/31/old-vs-new-olympics/ (March 8, 2011).

Greek Gods

Mount Olympus, home of the gods

Colonies

University of Texas. Map: Greek Sicily. 2010. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/ancientfilmCC304/lecture6/detail.php?linenum=1 (March 8, 2011).

 HW: read and take notes on 109-113:       Homer, trade, Alphabet Colonization Olympic games Oracle at Delphi