ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS DEMOCRACY PHILOSOPHY DRAMA MATHEMATICS LITERATURE-MYTHOLOGY WRITTEN HISTORY MEDICINE SCIENCE SPORTS-OLYMPICS

DEMOCRACY

PHILOSOPHY

DRAMA

MATHEMATICS

LITERATURE-MYTHOLOGY

WRITTEN HISTORY

MEDICINE

SCIENCE

SPORTS-OLYMPICS

HELLAS WHAT THE GREEKS CALLED THEIR LAND

GEOGRAPHY OF GREECE MOUNTAINOUS SMALLER RIVERS LARGE COASTLINE MANY SMALL ISLANDS MILD CLIMATE

MOUNTAINOUS

SMALLER RIVERS

LARGE COASTLINE

MANY SMALL ISLANDS

MILD CLIMATE

IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHY GREEK CITY-STATES DEVELOP INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION TRADE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ALONG THE COASTAL REGIONS

GREEK CITY-STATES DEVELOP INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER

POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION

TRADE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ALONG THE COASTAL REGIONS

TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS OF ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY

HELLENIC PERIOD @2000-323BC EARLY AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS HOMER EMERGENCE OF THE CITY-STATE(POLIS ) PERSIAN WARS GOLDEN AGE -CLASSICAL PERIOD PELOPONNESIAN WAR-SPARTA VS. ATHENS ALEXANDER THE GREAT

EARLY AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS

HOMER

EMERGENCE OF THE CITY-STATE(POLIS )

PERSIAN WARS

GOLDEN AGE -CLASSICAL PERIOD

PELOPONNESIAN WAR-SPARTA VS. ATHENS

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

HELLENISTIC PERIOD @323 BC-30BC SPREAD OF GREEK CULTURE DIVISION OF ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE EXPANSION OF LEARNING GREECE COMES UNDER THE CONTROL OF ROME

SPREAD OF GREEK CULTURE

DIVISION OF ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE

EXPANSION OF LEARNING

GREECE COMES UNDER THE CONTROL OF ROME

EARLY AEGEAN CIVILIZAITONS MINOANS-LIVED ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE NON-GREEK SPEAKING MYCENAENS-LIVED ON THE GREEK MAINLAND GREEK SPEAKING

MINOANS-LIVED ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE

NON-GREEK SPEAKING

MYCENAENS-LIVED ON THE GREEK MAINLAND

GREEK SPEAKING

GREEK RELIGION POLYTHEISTIC GREEK GODS OFTEN RELATED TO ASPECTS OF NATURE GODS WERE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS-ANTHROPORMORPHIC GREEKS PRACTICED RITUALS AND SACRIFICES TO APPEASE THE GODS CONSULTED ORACLES TO DISCOVER THE FUTURE GREEK RELGION DID NOT PROVIDE A STRONG MORAL AUTHORITY OR STANDARD

POLYTHEISTIC

GREEK GODS OFTEN RELATED TO ASPECTS OF NATURE

GODS WERE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS-ANTHROPORMORPHIC

GREEKS PRACTICED RITUALS AND SACRIFICES TO APPEASE THE GODS

CONSULTED ORACLES TO DISCOVER THE FUTURE

GREEK RELGION DID NOT PROVIDE A STRONG MORAL AUTHORITY OR STANDARD

THE GREEK CITY-STATE POLIS ACROPOLIS-HILL-TOP FORTRESS AGORA-MARKETPLACE AMPHITHEATER-DRAMAS AND ORATORY GYMNASIUM-PHYSICAL TRAINING

ACROPOLIS-HILL-TOP FORTRESS

AGORA-MARKETPLACE

AMPHITHEATER-DRAMAS AND ORATORY

GYMNASIUM-PHYSICAL TRAINING

ACROPOLIS

AGORA

AMPITHEATER

GYMNASIUM

TWO MAJOR CITY-STATES SPARTA MILITARY STATE FOCUSED OF CREATING WARRIORS LOCATED ON THE PELOPONNESUS LARGE SLAVE POPULATION (HELOTS) FOCUSED MORE ON PROTECTING ITS INTERESTS AND TERRITORY

SPARTA

MILITARY STATE

FOCUSED OF CREATING WARRIORS

LOCATED ON THE PELOPONNESUS

LARGE SLAVE POPULATION (HELOTS)

FOCUSED MORE ON PROTECTING ITS INTERESTS AND TERRITORY

ATHENS COASTAL MAJOR COMMERCIAL CENTER MAJOR NAVAL POWER CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL CENTER EVOLVED INTO A DEMOCRATIC STATE

ATHENS

COASTAL

MAJOR COMMERCIAL CENTER

MAJOR NAVAL POWER

CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL CENTER

EVOLVED INTO A DEMOCRATIC STATE

KEY TERMS HELLAS POLIS HIERARCHY POLYTHEISTIC ORACLE HOMER ANTHROPOMORPHIC MONARCHY OLIGARCHY DEMOCRACY

HELLAS

POLIS

HIERARCHY

POLYTHEISTIC

ORACLE

HOMER

ANTHROPOMORPHIC

MONARCHY

OLIGARCHY

DEMOCRACY