Intro to Early Greek History

CHW3M

Ms. Gluskin

Theme 1: Geography Influenced Society

World Civilizations Syllabus. Map Quiz No. 2 – Classical Greece. 2004. http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/brians_syllabus/maps/map2.html

(March 5, 2011).

Mediterranean Sea

Aegean Sea

Black Sea

Peloponnesus

Asia Minor

Crete

Coastal Terrain

A lot of it Jagged, most of settlements near coast Natural harbours Lots of islands (in Med. Sea, Aegean Sea) Therefore, depend on sea; lots of foreign

contact, trade, colonies; possibly vulnerable to invasion

Physical Map

Darker colours =

higher altitudes

Mountains of Greece. N.d. www.in2greece.com

(Feb. 4, 2012).

Inland terrain

Mountainous (steep but not that high) Rocky: not suitable to large-scale

agriculture like Egypt (not wheat) Hot and dry summers, little rainfall Therefore: mountains prevented

areas from unifying; independent city-states (polis) formed

City States

Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Greek Galleries: Geography of Ancient Greece. 2011.

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Greek/map2.htm (March 4, 2011).

Resources

Natural Resources

Few, unevenly distributed Gold, silver Marble (monuments, sculpture) Iron ore Clay (pottery) Olive trees, grape vines Therefore: trade of their major products,

sometimes led to conflicts between city states (not equal in the resources they possessed)

Timeline

Bronze Age (heroic age) Dark Age Classical Period (golden age) Hellenistic Period (after Alexander’s

death)

Minoan Civilization

Island of Crete 3000 – 1100 BCE

Minoan Bull Leaper

Right: The British Museum, Highlights: Minoan Bull Leaper. N.d. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/minoan_bull_and_acrobat.aspx (March 4, 2011)

Left: Heritage Key Media. Top 10 Treasures to See at the British Museum. 2011

http://heritage-key.com/blogs/ann/top-10-minoan-treasures-see-british-museum (March 4, 2011).

Bronze Bull, 1300-1200 BCE

Minoan Civ, con’t

Archaeology Magazine: Minoans in Manhattan (2008) – photo gallery

http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/minoans/jpegs/index.php?start=1

Minnesota State University Mankato – E Museum: Ancient Greek Civilizations Image Gallery – Minoan Art

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/galleryimages/minoanimages.html

Theseus and the Minotaur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrZ1clEp-Y

Mycenaeans

1700-1250 BCE Mainland Greece Conquered Crete Art influenced by Minoan art

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Mycenaean Civilization. 2000,

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/74.51.966 (March 4, 2011).

Terracotta krater, 13th Century BCE

Mycenaean Archaeology

Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past

http://proteus.brown.edu/greekpast2010/admin/download.html?attachid=13998945

The Trojan War

Myth and history? The British Museum, Explore: The

Trojan War – the myth as shown through Greek vase painting

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/families_and_children/online_tours/the_trojan_war/the_trojan_war.aspx

The British Museum, Explore: The Trojan War. N.d.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/families_and_children/online_tours/the_trojan_war/the_end_of_achilles_and_troy.aspx

(March 5, 2011).

Reconstruction at Troy

Ajax and Hektor Fighting

Perseus Digital Library, Image of Louvre G115, N.d., http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/image?img=Perseus:image:1992.06.0585

(March 5, 2011).

The Hellespont

Livius.org, Hellespont, 2007, http://www.livius.org/he-hg/hellespont/hellespont.html (March 5, 2011).

Dark Age

1100-750 BCE End of Mycenaean civilization Decline of trade Dorian invasions Basic agricultural life Little evidence, written or otherwise

Coming Out of the Dark Ages

Alphabet Olympics Homer (Iliad, Odyssey) Colonies

Roman bust of Homer, c. 2nd century CE, Baeie, Italy

The British Museum, Explore, Marble Bust of Homer, N.d.,

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/m/marble_portrait_bust_of_homer.aspx

(March 5, 2011).

Phoenecians

Kaloustian. Lebanon. 2008. http://www.kaloustian.eu/Lebanon-Beirut/index%20Lebanon.htm (March 8, 2011).

Greek Alphabet

Brown University, Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Alphabet (Early Greek). N.d., http://proteus.brown.edu/greekpast/4739

(March 5, 2011).

Linear B Script = Syllables

Ancient Scripts.com, Linear B, 2010, http://www.ancientscripts.com/linearb.html (March 5, 2011).

Olympics

Started 776 BCE National Geographic video (3 mins) http://

www.natgeoeducationvideo.com/film/958/ancient-greek-olympics

Olive wreath as prize

SI.com. 2008. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extramustard/07/31/old-vs-new-olympics/

(March 8, 2011).

Greek Gods

Mount Olympus, home of the gods

Colonies

University of Texas. Map: Greek Sicily. 2010.

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/ancientfilmCC304/lecture6/detail.php?linenum=1 (March 8, 2011).

Day 1 HW

HW: read and take notes on 109-113: Homer Trade Alphabet Colonization Olympic games Oracle at Delphi