I made this slide show to go with World Geography and Cultures Chapter Ch 12

1. By Jack Garrity

2.  700’s BCE-476 Classical Greece, Alexander, Rome
 500-800 Dark Ages, Vikings
 800-1400 Middle Ages, Crusades
 1400-1600’s Renaissance, Age of Exploration
 1700-1900 Age of Empires, Industrial Revolution
 1900’s World Wars, Cold War

3.  Pages 306-309 in book

6.  Throughout the countries of southern
Europe, buildings, monuments, and
local customs reflect the different
periods of this sub region's long history
and the people that dominated it at
different times.

7.  The unique cultures and ancient history of southern Europe
have shaped the subregion’s population patterns.

8.  Most Southern Europeans are descended from Indo-European
and Mediterranean groups.

9.  The Mediterranean countries have a long history of sailing
and classical civilizations.

10.  The people of Italy (Italians) are descendants of the
Etruscans and Roman people.

12.  The people of Spain are descendents of the
prehistoric Iberians, Basques and the Catalans.
Lady of Elx Cave paintings Altamirra, Spain

13.  From 201 BCE, the Romans dominated the Catalonia region of
Spain. Catalonian and Spanish are considered Romance
languages today.

14.  The indigenous Basque people are part of Spain today, yet
keep their traditional culture and language, and have some
autonomy.

15.  Autonomy : being self-governing; especially :
the right of self-government

16.  Autonomía el estado o la capacidad de
autogobierno o de cierto grado de
independencia.

18.  Portugal’s long coastline has been open to many
ethnic groups.

19.  Portugal’s long coastline has been open to
many groups.

20.  The people of Greece trace their language and
culture back 3,500 years.

21.  Two thirds of Greece’s population lives in cities
along the coast (Urban living) and islands.

24.  Check numbers 1-4 Activity 12-3

25.  We will learn about ancient Minoan
Civilization. Does it have a connection to
Atlantis?

26.  What was life like 5000-12,000 years ago?
 What is a legend? Can you name any?
 Who was Plato? What did he write about?

27.  Have you ever heard of Atlantis?

28.  Have you ever heard of Atlantis?

29.  In Athens, Plato wrote about politics around
330BC.

30.  In one of his stories,
he wrote about a war
that the democratic
Athenians won
against the kingdom
of Atlantis, an
advanced island
Civilization,

31.  The Greek Gods sent a tidal wave to destroy
Atlantis.

32.  Could the legend of Atlantis have a base in
history and archeology?????

33.  Early groups include the Minoans on the island
of Crete.
Palace on Knossos
Theseus and the Minotaur

34.  Early groups include the Minoans on the island
of Crete.
Palace on Knossos
Theseus and the Minotaur
Island of Thera

35. EarlyWriting: “LinearA” (noone can read it today)

36. In 2800 BCE, Knossos was the capitalcity
Knossos had a
large sea trade
empire.

37. In 2800 BCE, Knossos was the capitalcity
Knossos had a
large sea trade
empire.

38.  Minoan ships traded with Ancient
 Egypt and southern Greece.

39.  The rich people of Athens had to send 10
children every year to live at King Minus
palace.

40. Minoan Trade
“Bireme” ship
Coast of Crete

41. Minoan Ladies

42. Minoan Culture - Religion
Minoan Priest
Minoan Snake
Goddess

43. Bull Cult

44. BullJumping Sports

46. MinoanArtistic “Motifs”

47. Palace of KingMinos– North Entrance

48. Palace of KingMinos- Interiors

49. Palace of KingMinos– Throne Room

50.  A volcanic eruption on the Island of Thera had
effects on the Minoan people on the Island of Crete.

51.  After that, the Greek city states invaded Crete
taking over its trade routes.

52.  How is Minoan history related to the legend of
Atlantis?

53.  Locate these cities and countires on your
political maps of Europe.

54.  Italy has the most people, with a population of
60.3 million and a density of 531/mile.

55.  Vatican City (located in Rome) is the world’s
smallest country with a population of 1,000.

56.  Vatican City

57.  Saint Peter’s Basilica

58.  Saint Peter’s Basilica

60.  Sistine Chapel

61.  Sistine Chapel

62.  Spain has a population density of 243/sq.mile.

63.  Most people live on the coast, or in the capital
Madrid.

69.  Southern Europe has a long history of
emigration.

70.  Southern Europe has a long history of
emigration.

71.  'Emigration' People moving from one country
to live in another

72.  Emigrar: Abandonar el lugar de origen para
establecerse en otro.

73.  Today more people immigrate to urban areas of
Southern Europe.

74.  Centuries old landmarks stand near fast food
resturants and shopping malls.

77.  Rome

85.  Athens, the
birth place of
Classical
Civilization.

92.  Madrid

93.  Milan

100.  Lisbon

104.  Venice

112.  Check 5-7

113.  We will see how the ancient Greeks created a
Classical Culture.

114.  Early civilizations, global trade, and world evens
have shaped southern Europe.

115.  The Ancient Greeks and Romans laid the
foundations of European civilization.

116.  The world of the Hellenes (Ancient Greeks) were not a
nation or country, but a cultural community.

117.  The geography encouraged small separate communities.

118.  They lived in city-states linked by language and culture.

119.  A city-state is an independent city — and
sometimes its surrounding land — which has
its own government, completely separate from
nearby countries.

120.  By the 700’s BCE, they had colonies around the
Mediterranean.

121.  Merchants, soldiers, farmers could all read and
write in Greek city states.

122. Homer Wrote masterpieces giving the Greeks an
ideal past of heroes, used as basic
educational texts for generations of Greek
males

123.  The city states competed with each other in the
games of Zeus at Olympia.

125.  The ancient Olympics included running, long jump,
shot put, javelin, boxing, and wrestling.

126.  The most popular event was chariot racing.

127.  Women could not go to Zeus’ games. They
had their own games the Heraia in honor of
Hera.

128.  The Ancient Olympics ended in 393 CE, when
the Christian Roman emperor Theodosius I
outlawed the Games.


129.  The first modern Olympic Games opened in April
1896 in Athens.

130.  Each city-state had its own type of government
and culture, although they all shared a common
language and religion.

132.  The city-state of Athens invented democracy.

133.  Democracy is a form of government in which
the citizens participate equally by voting for
the passing or rejecting of laws.

134.  Democratic Athens invented philosophy, science,
history, classical architecture, and theater.

136.  Quick Paragraph
 How does Classical Greek Culture influence us
today?

137.  The City State of Sparta had 2 kings and
produced the best army.

138.  Alexander the Great and his partner Hephaestation conquered
and built a Greek Empire including Egypt and India.

139. After the death of Alexander the Great, the Romans
conquered most of Europe.
Our government system is based on the Roman
Republic.
The Romans brought law, and the idea that all
citizens no matter how high must follow the law.
They also converted to Christianity in the 300’s.