Intro to Ancient

Greece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmZTkSK1S9c

Geography

Ancient Greece consisted mainly of a

mountainous peninsula jutting out into

the Mediterranean

 It also included

about 2,000

islands in the

Aegean and

Ionian seas

Geography

 The sea shaped Greek civilization just as

rivers shaped the ancient civilizations

 Greeks rarely had to travel more than 85

miles to reach the coastline.

 The Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the

neighboring Black Sea were important

transportation routes for the Greek

people.

Trade

As the Greeks became skilled

sailors, sea travel connected

Greece with other societies.

Sea travel and trade were also

important because Greece

lacked natural resources, such

as timber, precious metals, and

usable farmland.

The Minoans Lived on the

island of Crete

Had great power in the Mediterranean Sea

Made many trades with other countries

Minoan Decline No one knows

why this powerful civilization stopped to exist

THEORY: Volcanic eruption on Thera Toxic gas

Caused Tsunamis

Indo-Europeans

Began to

settle in

mainland

Greece

The Mycenaeans Replaced the Minoans

Lived and grew on Mainland Greece

Leading City: Mycenae Surrounded by massive wall

about 20 feet thick

Adapted Minoan writing system

Advanced in Bronze & Iron

The Trojan War 1200 B.C. –

Mycenaean kings fought a 10 year war with Troy

WHY!?!?!?!?!

* Troy

Helen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86En3FlZs1U&t=1s

Kidnapped?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86En3FlZs1U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4kf5T7ihs

Caused War

achielles(trojan war).mp4

The TROJAN Wall!

How do

we get

in???

AH HA! The Trojan Horse of Course!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acy5TBpMy_Y

Fact or Fiction?

Heinrich

Shliemann

excavated

Turkey

Discovered

this story may

be TRUE!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlxY-JSz7N4

The Boring Theory Trojan war was over: Struggle for control of a crucial waterway in the Aegean Sea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFCk7uMvnOU

The Dorians

Less advanced then the

Mycenaeans

Forgot the art of writing

during this age

No written record exists

Little known about this time