The Geography of Greece
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The Geography of Greece
Bronze Age Greece
Crete: Minoan Civilization
(Palace at Knossos)
Knossos: Minoan Civilization
Minoan Civilization
The Mycenaean Civilization
Homer: The “Heroic Age”
The Mask of Agamemnon
ATHENS: 700’sbce-300’sbce
Piraeus: Athens’ Port City
Early Athenian LawgiversDraco First written code created
around 621 “draconian”
Solon(archon in 594 B.C.)Outlawed selling people into slavery
to pay their debtDivided citizens into 4 groups based
on wealth: wealthiest 2 could hold office
Cleisthenes created the first democracy
Athenian Society• 3 class groups
– Citizens: extended to all those born in Athens, only the men had political rights
– Metics: born outside Athens, free and had to pay taxes but had no political rights and could not own land
– Slaves: captured in war, together with metics made up more than half of Athenian society
Persian Wars: 499 BCE – 480 BCE
Persian WarsThe War begins: real vs Hollywood!http://youtu.be/EmOH5f1J1Uc
Marathon (490 BCE) 26 miles from Athens
Thermopylae (480 BCE) 300 Spartans at the mountain
pass Death of Leonidas
Salamis (480 BCE) Athenian navy victoriousFinal Victory: Battle of Plataea
http://youtu.be/Qsma7OGcp6A
Golden “Age of Pericles”:
460 BCE – 429 BCE
The Delian League
Thasos
Naxos
Delos
Lesbos
Melos
The Age of Pericles• Not only did Pericles bring
great changes to the government of Greece, he also brought great changes to the nature of art and progress of his time.
• The great structures of Greece, The New Temple of Athena and the Parthenon among others, were built during his time. Not only did Pericles use these structures to change the face of Greek art and the cultural pulse of the nation but he also used them for political reasons as well.
Great Athenian Philosophers
Socrates Know thyself! question everything only the pursuit of goodness
brings happiness.
Plato The Academy The world of the FORMS The Republic philosopher-king
Great Athenian Philosophers
$ Aristotle The Lyceum “Golden Mean”
[everything inmoderation].
Logic. Scientific method.
Athens: The Arts & Sciences
DRAMA (tragedians): Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides
THE SCIENCES: Pythagoras Democritus all matter made
up of small atoms.
Hippocrates “Father of Medicine”
Phidias’ Acropolis
The Acropolis Today
The Parthenon
The Agora
The Classical Greek “Ideal”
Olympia
The Ancient Olympics:
Athletes & Trainers
Olympia: Temple to Hera
The 2004 Olympics
SPARTA
SPARTA
Helots Messenians enslaved by the Spartans.
Spartan society • 3 social groups
– Equals: descended from the invaders, controlled Sparta
– Half-citizens: free, paid taxes and served in the army but had no political power, some farmed but others worked in the city as traders or artisans
– Helots: slaves, greatly outnumbered the other groups so Spartans used force to control them, in large part this is why Sparta became a military city-state
Spartan Government• Two kings led Sparta
– 1 king handled military– 1 king took care of domestic matters
• A council of Elders– Made up of 28 male citizens over the
age of 60– Proposed laws and served as a
criminal court• An assembly
– Included all male citizens over 30– Elected 5 ephors
• Made sure the kings stayed within the law• Elected for a 1 year term
– Controlled the education of Spartans
Peloponnesian Wars
Macedonia Under Philip II
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great’s Empire
Alexander the Great in Persia
The Hellenization of Asia
Pergamum: A Hellenistic City
The Economy of the Hellenistic World
Hellenistic Philosophers
Cynics Diogenes ignore social conventions &
avoid luxuries. citizens of the world. live a humble, simple life.
Epicurians Epicurus avoid pain & seek pleasure. all excess leads to pain! politics should be avoided.
Hellenistic Philosophers
Stoics Zeno nature is the expansion of
divine will. concept of natural law. get involved in politics, not
for personal gain, but toperform virtuous acts for the good of all.
true happiness is found ingreat achievements.
Hellenism: The Arts & Sciences
Scientists / Mathematicians: Aristarchus heliocentric theory. Euclid geometry Archimedes pulley
Hellenistic Art: More realistic; less ideal than
Hellenic art. Showed individual emotions,
wrinkles, and age!
The Breakup of Alexander’s Empire