chapter 5 section 1 notes i. geography shapes greek life
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Chapter 5 Section 1 Notes
I. Geography Shapes Greek Life
Map of Greece
Map of Greece
A. By 2000 B.C. Minoans lived on the island of Crete and
Indo-Europeanshad settled on
Mainland Greece
Bull Jumping
B. Mainland Greece is a
mountainous peninsula in
southeast Europe
C. Greece has over 1400 islands in the Aegean Sea on the
east side
D. The Mediterranean Sea
is located to the South
1. The Greeks became excellent
sailors
E. Greece had few natural resources
F. Mountains covered about ¾ of
Greece
Mountains of Greece
1. Mountains kept the city-states
separated
a. Thus loyalty was to your own city-state and not to a
centralized government
2. Travel was very difficult
G. Only about 20 % of the land was
used for farm land
1. With such little land the Greeks would search for lands to colonize
J. The climate of Greece was mild 48 to 80 degrees
II. Mycenaean Civilization Develops
Mycenaean Greece
Gates of Mycenaea
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A. Mycenaeans were named after
their main city Mycenae located
on the east side of the Peloponnesus
B. Mycenaean warrior kings were
very wealthy
1. Bronze weapons
2. Drank from gold cups
C. Mycenae took over the power of the Minoans when
they decline so abruptly
D. Mycenae did adopt many of
Minoan customs
E. The Trojan War
1. War with Troy on the Hellespont in
current day Turkey
2. War lasted for 10 years
3. Prince Paris of Troy kidnaps Helen the beautiful wife of
the kingAgamemnon of
Mycenae
Hellen’s Abduction
Hellen’s Abduction
a. Face that launched a
thousand ships
4. Greeks win the war with the trick of the Trojan Horse
Trojan Horse
5. German archaeologist ,
Heinrich Schliemann, finds nine layers in
Turkey one may have been Troy
Heinrich Schliemann
III. Greek Culture Declines under the
Dorians
Doric Column
A. the Dorians would take over
after the decline of the Mycenaeans
B. the Dorians were less advanced than the Mycenaeans
IV. The Epics of Homer
A. Homer was a blind poet that
wrote two major epics
B. the Iliad was a book about the Trojan Wars
1. About Greek hero Achilles and the Trojan hero
Hector
Achilles
Andromacher Mourning Hector
C. the Odyssey was a book about
the 10 year trip home for the Greek
hero Odysseus
1. Odysseus uses his wits and trickery
to get home
Odysseus blinding Polyphemos
D. Both books described the
characteristics of Greek heroes
1. Brave
2. Loyal
3. Integrity
4. Cunning
5. Honor
V. Greeks Create Myths
A. The Greek myths explained the world around
them
B. Gods had human
characteristics
C. Zeus was their main god
D. Hera was his wife
E. The gods lived in the clouds above Mount Olympus
F. Athena was the guardian of cities