The document summarizes the history and culture of ancient Greece. It describes the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, the evolution of Greek city-states like Sparta and Athens around 750 BCE, and the shift from monarchy to aristocracy to oligarchy. It also outlines Greece's golden age under democracy in Athens and the influence of philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The culture had a lasting impact and helped form the Hellenistic civilization after conquest by the Macedonian King.

2.  Minoans
 Traded with Egypt and
Mesopotamia
 Reached its height around 1600
B.C.E
 Mycenaeans
 1400-1200 B.C.E.
 Trojan War
 Described in Homer’s The Iliad
and The Odyssey (epic poems)

3.  After 750 B.C.E. Greeks evolved
to strong city-states called a
Polis
 Build cities on two levels
Top level- Acropolis
(temples)
Bottom level-main city

4.  Changes over time:
 Monarchy- king or queen has central power
 Aristocracy-Power slowly shifted to wealthy land
owners (nobility)
 Oligarchy- control by powerful elite business class

5.  Sparta
 Warrior society
 Athens
 Democracy- government by the
people
 But only male land owners
 More focus on arts and philosophy
 Joined forces to fight the Persians
in the Persian Wars.

6.  Philosophers
 Socrates
 Plato
 Aristotle
 Poetry
 Drama
 Art
 Architecture

7.  Macedonean King- conquered a
lot of land!
 Blending of
Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and
Indian culture
 Hellenistic Civilization
 This culture heavily influenced
Rome