A Short Tour of Greece

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A Short Tour of GREECE
A Short Tour of Greece
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MOUNTAINOUS MAINLAND
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SCATTERED ISLANDS
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TOUGH TERRAIN
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Tough transportation and communication
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Tough farming only 1/4 land is arable
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Why did Greeks become such fabulous sailors?
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IthacaIthaki
Development of a series of nautical, militaristic
societies
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What kinds of activities do you think a bunch of
sailors become involved in?
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• MINOAN age2000-1400 BCE
• developed on Crete

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• MYCENaEAN age 1600-1100 BCE
• Trojan War 1250 BCE
• Greek society in transition until about 800 BCE -
  the written language of the Greeks is lost

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• THE HOMERIC AGE800- 500 BCE
• rise of kings growth of city-states
• Homer wrote circa 750 BCE

675 BCE
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• CLASSICAL GREECE 500-300 BCE
• Supremacy of Athens Sparta
• People like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are
  doing their thing

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• THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD 300s BCE
• Philip and Alexander spread the word

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What do you think a Greek would consider
success or power in a person? What
characteristics would it be valuable for a Greek
person to have?
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Kouros-6th century BCE
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Peplos Kore, c. 530 BCE
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Aphrodite and Pan
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Odysseus Blinding Polyphemus
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Odysseus Blinding Cyclops
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Socrates Hot Shot Greek Philosopher
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The Death of Socrates by Jacques
Louis David,1787
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UNIT ONE CONTENT GUIDE aHomeric Ideals
aEconomic Geography aSocrates the Socratic
Method aAthenian Democracy a The Arts
of Ancient Greece