About Ancient Greece

2. Classical
Civilization
sEarly Civilizations in the
Aegean

3. - It isa mountainouspeninsulathatjuts intothe Eastern
MediterraneanSea.
- It issurroundedby the ff. Seas:
1. IonianSea – West
2. Aegean Sea – West & East
3. Mediterranean- South
Geography of Greece

4. - Greece is a peninsula, which means that it is
surrounded onthree sidesby water.
- In the ancient world that grew up around the
Mediterranean Sea, the Greeks became known as great
sailors. They sailed about the Mediterranean, setting
up coloniesandoutposts.
Geography of Greece

5. • It is thelargestand the most important
island.
GULF OFCORINTH
- It almostdividedthe country into two.
CRETE

9. The cities in Greece were thriving. The soil was
mostly fertile. The Greeks had a wealth of
seafood, fresh fish, a wealth of vegetables, and
fresh drinking water. The Greeks were very
happy withtheirland.
Greece has a rugged terrainand only a
quarter can be farmed.

10. - Early Greeks were herders
and farmers.
-Olive trees and grapevines grew intheir land.
- But as the population increase, the limited
amount of land forced many Greeks to turn to
FISHINGandTRADING.

11. -The mountains limited the
transportationand communication
and madethe country difficultto
unite. As a result,the Greekswere
frequentlyat war with one another.

12. Minoan
Civilization

13. Minoan Civilization
- It was flourished in Crete.
- It was named after MINOS, a legendary
Cretan King.

14. -Minoans are great trading power in the
Eastern Mediterranean.
-The Minoans exchanged olive oil, honey,
and wine for gold, precious stones, grain,
and linen.

16. -Minoans are great trading power in the
Eastern Mediterranean.
-The Minoans exchanged olive oil, honey,
and wine for gold, precious stones, grain,
and linen.

17. -A king ruled the prosperous cities of Crete from
his palace-city at Knossos.
Sir Arthur Evans – A british archaeologist who
excavated the site of the place in 1898, he
discoveredthat thepalace has 800 rooms.

21. - Minoan religious belief centered on the
worship of the bull and a mother goddess.

22. Reasons for its end
-It grew weak
-Crete was invaded by people from the Greek
mainland.
-Knossos himself was destroyed maybe by an
earthquake orvolcanic eruption.

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Achean Civilizations

24. Early civilization in the Aegean

25. • Around 1250 B.C.E The
Achaeans banded together
under the leadership of the
king of Mycenae to attack
Troy, a rival power. Troy
then controlled trade routes
between the Aegean and
the black sea. After a long

26. • Historians first learned about
the Trojan war from the Iliad
and the Odyssey, composed
by a blind Greek poet,
Homer, Historians
Considered the poems as
fiction however after the
excavation at troy
Schliemann who is a

27. • Iliad, was made to believe
that Hommers poem was
more than great literature. It
had some facts.

28. • Shortly after the fall of Troy,
Achaeans civilization suffered a
disastrous blow when Dorians
invaded Greece. The invaders had
a military advantage because they
possessed a iron weapons. The
invaders plundered the rich cities of
Peloponnesus and disrupted trade.
Achaeans never recovered from
this blow. The glory of Achaeans
civilization vanished. Artistic skills

30. Achaean
Civilizatio
n

31. • About 2000 B.CE., the Achaeans an Indio-European people,
invaded the Greek peninsula from the north. As the acheans
pushed farther souththey intermarried withthelocal people.

32. • By 1400 B.C.E. Aegean and probably Knossos where
under Achaean control .They built strong fortress cities
on the mainland,each rule by a warrior king .

33. • The Achaean built on the achievement on Minoan
civilization. Artisan at Mycenae reproduced Minoan designs
on jewelry, pottery, and tools. The Achaeans also learned
writingfrom the Minoans.

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