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Greece
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Greece
geography
- culture shaped by...
- LAND
- rugged mountain terrain caused problems
- agriculture
- little arable land, few crops (grapes, olives, wheat)
- few resources made trade necessary
- little arable land, few crops (grapes, olives, wheat)
- unification unlikely
- small isolated city states (polis, poleis)
- difficult transportation
- agriculture
- rugged mountain terrain caused problems
- SEA
- greek culture grew "not on the land, but around the sea"
- traded w/ Egypt and Phoenicia
- trade opens greece up to new ideas
- traded w/ Egypt and Phoenicia
- colonies
- made more resources
- spread culture
- reduced overpopulation
- greek culture grew "not on the land, but around the sea"
- CLIMATE
- Mediterranean climate
- warm/little rain
- made outdoor living possible
- agora, acropolis, ampitheatre
- men always talked about politics outdoors
- questioning authority
- DEMOCRACY
- questioning authority
- made outdoor living possible
- warm/little rain
- Mediterranean climate
- LAND
- culture shaped by...
early civilizations
- MINOANS
- located on Crete
- Capital= Knossos
- excavated by Arthur Evans in early 1900s
- restored palaces
- excavated by Arthur Evans in early 1900s
- Capital= Knossos
- advanced trading society
- no protective walls, because they were peaceful
- named after King Minos
- influenced by Egyptian society
- art
- used bright colors
- frescoes: painting directly on wet plaster
- art based around nature, ocean
- technology
- plumbing system
- religion
- worshipped bull, snake goddess
- Zeus's affair w/ Europa is the cause of the bull worship
- worshipped bull, snake goddess
- women
- dressed like snake goddess (open dress)
- not fully matriarchal, but female centered
- women=men
- participated in bull jumping
- Language
- written script called Linear A
- untranslated
- written script called Linear A
- earthquake or invasion by Mycenaeans ended civilization
- MYCENAEANS
- descended from Indo-Europeans
- related to the Aryans
- pirate like traders
- Trojan War was most likely a trade war
- TROJANS
- inhabited Asia Minor
- peaceful traders
- controlled straits from Aegean to Black sea
- thick walls
- excavated by Heinrich Schliemann
- read Illiad and believed it was based on fact
- many layers built on ruins
- read Illiad and believed it was based on fact
- inhabited Asia Minor
- TROJAN WAR
- story handed down orally until written down
- most of the tale comes from blind bard (a poet who recites epic poems) Homer
- The Judgement of Paris
- Peleus + Thetis didn't invite Eris to their wedding
- Eris brings a golden apple that "belongs to the fairest"
- Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite reach for it
- Zeus appoints Paris, prince of Troy, as judge
- Athena-wealth, Hera-power, Aphrodite-beautiful wife
- chooses Aphrodite
- Kidnapping of Helen
- Helen + Menelaus (King of Sparta)
- Paris sails to Sparta to take Helen
- Cassandra prophesied that Troy will fall if Helen is not returned
- No one believes her (Apollo's curse)
- The Greeks Prepare for War
- Menelaus calls Helen's old suitors
- Oath of the Horse: they would all protect Helen and her husband
- suitors didn't want to go to war
- Odysseus pretends to be insane but is caught
- travel to Troy
- try to convince king Priam to return Helen; he refuses
- "Troy would not be taken unless Achilles fought"
- Achilles mother has a prophecy that he will die if he goes
- cross dresses him but he is found
- Achilles mother has a prophecy that he will die if he goes
- Led by Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus
- Artemis is mad (he was boasting or killed one of her deer)
- makes the wind stop blowing
- ships won't sail unless they sacrifice his daughter; they do and sail to Troy
- The War
- Greeks try to siege Troy
- Iliad starts in 10th year
- Achilles kidnaps princess, but Agamemnon takes her
- Achilles won't fight unless she is given back to him
- Greeks are losing and Achilles decides to help
- brings cousin Patroclus and lets him wear his armor
- Hector kills Patroclus
- Achilles fights Hector 1v1 and kills him; disrespects his body by dragging it around
- Paris shoots him with a poison arrow in his invulnerable heel, guided by Apollo
- Achilles fights Hector 1v1 and kills him; disrespects his body by dragging it around
- Hector kills Patroclus
- brings cousin Patroclus and lets him wear his armor
- Greeks are losing and Achilles decides to help
- Achilles won't fight unless she is given back to him
- Achilles kidnaps princess, but Agamemnon takes her
- Iliad starts in 10th year
- Trojan Horse
- Odysseus orders a large horse to be built
- Greek army hides in it; Trojans take in inside and celebrate
- Laocoon speaks against it
- poseidon sends snakes to kill him to prevent him from revealing the Greeks
- Greeks kill Trojans at night
- Menelaus gets Helen back
- burn down Troy
- Menelaus gets Helen back
- Laocoon speaks against it
- Greek army hides in it; Trojans take in inside and celebrate
- Odysseus orders a large horse to be built
- Greeks try to siege Troy
- The War
- ships won't sail unless they sacrifice his daughter; they do and sail to Troy
- makes the wind stop blowing
- Artemis is mad (he was boasting or killed one of her deer)
- Menelaus calls Helen's old suitors
- Cassandra prophesied that Troy will fall if Helen is not returned
- Kidnapping of Helen
- chooses Aphrodite
- Athena-wealth, Hera-power, Aphrodite-beautiful wife
- Zeus appoints Paris, prince of Troy, as judge
- Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite reach for it
- Eris brings a golden apple that "belongs to the fairest"
- Peleus + Thetis didn't invite Eris to their wedding
- story handed down orally until written down
- TROJANS
- Trojan War was most likely a trade war
- named after main city Mycenae
- excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in 1800s
- thick wall, Lion's Gate
- city states ruled by warriors
- Mycenae: Agamemnon
- Sparta: Menelaus
- Ithaka: Odysseus
- women had no freedom
- copied Egyptian/Minoan art
- destroyed by "people of the sea"
- descended from Indo-Europeans
- MYCENAEANS
- located on Crete
- MINOANS
DARK AGE
- Eastern Mediterranean attacked by "people of the sea"
- Dorians emerge
- nomadic, illiterate
- Dorians emerge
- a period in which the characteristics of a society are lost
- near the end, cities emerge
- polis ruled by aristocrats
- commoners became mad about aristocratic rule
- commoners in army revolt
- aristocrats make changes that lead to....
- DEMOCRACY
- "rule by the people"
- 2 factors for successful democracy
- education
- every greek boy, age 8-18 got an education
- no public school system
- rich had tutors, commoners were taught by parents
- music, poetry, grammar (Homer, Aesop's fables)
- no public school system
- every greek boy, age 8-18 got an education
- participation
- citizens attended Assembly
- randomly selected (chosen by lot) people served as officials for one year
- easy for rich (slaves), hard for farmers (had to feed family)
- Pericles: "Athenians call a man who takes no part in public affairs useless"
- education
- DEMOCRACY
- aristocrats make changes that lead to....
- commoners in army revolt
- commoners became mad about aristocratic rule
- IRON AGE
- a period of innovation, trade
- Dorians plagiarize Egyptian art
- Greeks modify Phoenician alphabet
- 2 major factors in pulling Greece out of Dark Age
- epics of Homer
- Illiad and Odyssey represent defining moments in which the Greeks unite together and show value
- arête (bravery, excellence, fame)
- standard of behavior
- UNITY
- common culture
- deities, festivals, temples, libation (offerings to gods), oracles
- superiority
- outsiders=barbarians
- xenophobic
- common culture
- arête (bravery, excellence, fame)
- Illiad and Odyssey represent defining moments in which the Greeks unite together and show value
- Olympic Games
- Temple of Zeus @ Olympia every 4 years
- began in 776 BC
- rewards such as lifetime salaries and parades were given to contestants by their polies if they won
- caused Polis to communicate more
- TRADE
- epics of Homer
- polis ruled by aristocrats
- Eastern Mediterranean attacked by "people of the sea"
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- Mind Map on Greece, created by Astra Burke on 01/02/2016.
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- Astra Burke · Feb 2016
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- Apr 6, 2018
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