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Early Civilizations in Greece
Do Now:
•Read page 106-107 in your textbooks and answer the Reading Check question on the bottom of page 107.
The Impact of Geography• Geography played huge role in development of Greek civilizations
• Mountains• Separated small communities from one another
• Caused communities to form own ways of life
• Small size encouraged participation in political life
• Caused rivalry between communities
• Led to warfare
• Seas• Provided harbors for trading
• Became seafarers
• Explored other areas
• Established colonies, spread Greek civilization
Minoans
• 2700-1450 B.C.-Established on island of Crete• NOT GREEK, but influenced peoples of the Greek mainland
• Enormous palace complex at Knossos
• Royal seat of kings
• Included private living rooms for royal family
• Workshops for making decorated vases, ivory figurines, jewelry
• Bathrooms had elaborate drains
• Rooms decorated with brightly colored paintings sporting events and nature scenes
• Storerooms held gigantic jars oil, wine, and grain Minoans paid as taxes to king
Knossos
Minoans
• Sea empire based on trade• Ships went to Egypt and southern Greece
• Traded pottery, gold, and silver jewelry
• Collapsed suddenly 1450 B.C.• Some historians believe tidal wave triggered by powerful volcanic
eruption on island of Thera
• Most historians believe it was invasion by mainland Greeks known as Mycenaeans
Mycenae• First Greek state
• Flourished between 1600 and 1100 B.C.
• Government made up of powerful monarchies• Each lived in fortified palace centers
• Built on hills
• Surrounded by gigantic stone walls
• Formed loose alliance of independent states
• Civilians lived scattered outside walls
• Warrior people prided themselves on heroic deeds in battle• Invaded Crete and other Aegean islands
• 1100 B.C. Mycenaean civilization collapsed• States fought one another
• Major earthquakes caused widespread damage
• New waves of Greek-speaking invaders moved into Greece from North
Exit Ticket
• On your Exit Ticket slip, choose ONE of the following questions to answer:
1. List 2 things you learned about the Minoans
2. List 2 things you learned about the Mycenaeans
3. What is similar about the way that the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations fell?