Ancient Greece developed between 800 BC to 500 BC, consisting of independent city-states. Society was divided between freemen and servants. The Greek language developed, and clothing was homemade fabrics. Early civilizations like Minoan and Mycenaean kingdoms preceded Archaic Greece. Athens and Sparta emerged as dominant city-states with differing social structures, military focus, and views of women. Religion centered on Olympian gods, and the Olympics gained prominence. Farming was difficult due to limited good soil.

1. Greece Civilization

2. Early Civilization
Ancient Greece
Intro of Ancient Greece
•Refers to the time three centuries earlier than the
classical age, between 800 B.C. and 500 B.C
• Art, poetry and technology was advanced ancient
Greece.
•Polis became the defining feature during this period
polis is the city state of ancient Greece.

3. • Before Greece period population was
scattered and during this period they evolved
and built their own government and states
and made their law accordingly.
Social Structure
• Society was divided into two group of people.
The Servant and Free people. No right was
given to Servant.
Early Civilization
Birth of City State

4. Language
• Ancient Greek used the European Language
for communication and it was more
developed and used as a modern Language in
this period.
Clothing
• Home made cloth made up of home spun
fabric. It was also used for blanket and
garments.
Early Civilization
Birth of City State

5. • Early Greece was first came into being in the
stone age & hunters period
• Later came early farmers and the civilizations
of the Minoan and Mycenaean kings.
• Followed by war of Dark Age.
Early Greece

6. • In Classical Greece there were more
development and improvement.
• Culture and armed forces were more
developed in this period.
• Peace was promoted and war came to end in
this period. More Project work was done for
the development of the states.
Classical Greece

7. • Alexander the Great became the leader
• He spread the culture and Idea of Greece to all
over Asia.
• He built an Empire which ruled all over India.
Hellenistic Greece

8. Ancient Greece
The Minions
It exit in 2500 and was the
first European civilization in
crete.crete is the state of
ancient Greece
Bronze age. Tool and
weapons were made up
of bronze.
Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941)
visited Crete and uncovered
mineons civilization

9. The Menoans
Minoan Farmers
They earned through farming and live in small village.
They Grow cash crops like barley and wheat
Minoan Clothes
Had long hair.
Men wear loincloths sort of kilt
Women wore skirts and breasts open
Minoan Trade
They traded in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East.
The Minoans exported wine, timber and pottery.
They also exported jewelry and weapons. Merchants imported lead,
copper and ivory

10. Mycenaean Greece
 Refers to the last phase of the bronze age in Ancient
Greece.(c. 1600–1100 BCE).
 It represents the first advanced civilization in
mainland Greece with its impressive states, urban
organization, works of art and writing system.
Ancient Greek Culture and Civilization
 Democracy
Sciences
Philosophy
Art
Architecture
Olympic Games

11. Geographic feature
• Greek mainland is a peninsula—body of land
with water on three sides - this peninsula sticks out
into Mediterranean Sea - southern tip is a second
peninsula called the Peloponnesus - isthmus—
narrow strip of land—links Peloponnesus to rest of
Greece

12. Greece has more than 1400 islands • Mountains
cover 70 to 80 percent of Greece, divide land into
regions • Rugged landscape, lack of large rivers
made transportation hard.
Greek cities were founded around the Black Sea,
North Africa, Italy, France and Spain.

13. Rise of City-States: Athens and Sparta
Athens
•The city-state of Athens was the birthplace of many
significant ideas. Ancient Athenians were a thoughtful people
who enjoyed the systematic study of subjects such as science,
philosophy, and history,
•Athenians placed a heavy emphasis on the arts, architecture,
and literature
•Life was not easy for Athenian women. They did not enjoy
the same rights or privileges as males, being nearly as low as
slaves in the social system.

14. • Sparta
• Life in Sparta was vastly different from life in
Athens. Located in the southern part of Greece on
the Peloponnisos peninsula, the city-state of Sparta
developed a militaristic society ruled by two kings
• . A Spartan, drafted a harsh set of laws that required total
dedication to the state from its people. The laws' goal was
to train citizens to become hardened soldiers so that they
could fight off potential enemies or slave revolts.
• The devotion of Spartans to developing a military state left
little time for the arts or literature.

15. • A Spartan baby had to be hardy and healthy. To test
a baby's strength, parents would leave their child on
a mountain overnight to see if it could survive on its
own until the next morning.
• The age of seven, Spartan boys were taken from
their families and underwent severe military
training.
• . Men were expected to be ready to serve in the
army until they were 60 years old.
• Women, too, were expected to be loyal and
dedicated to the state. Like men, women followed a
strict exercise program and contributed actively to
Spartan society.

16. • Religion
• The Ancient Greeks believed in many
different gods and goddesses. The Greeks
believed that these gods and goddesses
controlled everything in their lives and the
environment. There was a god for every
aspect of their lives.
• The Ancient Greeks believed that all the gods
came from Gaia (the Earth) and Uranos (the
sky).
• They thought they were like adult humans -
always falling in love, arguing, having children,
playing music and partying.

17. • Mount Olympus
• The Greeks believed that twelve most important
gods and goddesses lived at the top of Mount
Olympus.
• Mount Olympus, is the highest mountain in the
country. It was believed to be the home of the gods
• The ruler of the gods was Zeus. His symbol was the
thunderbolt.

18. • Game
• The most famous games held at Olympia, South- West of
Greece, which took place every four years.
• The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 700
BC, in honour of Zeus.
• No women were allowed to watch the games and only
Greek nationals could participate.

19. Resources and crops
• Farming in ancient Greece was difficult due to
the limited amount of good soil and cropland.
It is estimated that only twenty percent of the
land was usable for growing crops. Wheat is
the main crop other major crops are barley,
grapes, and oranges, peaches, potatoes

20. • Natural resources
Greece has many mineral deposits.
These are marble, clay, coal, ore, and
chromate. The country only has one major
petroleum deposit in the Aegean Sea near
Thasos.