Classical Greece

From Tuesday Jan 16, 2017

UNIT ONE- Cultures of the mountains and the sea.

Main Ideas
-Power and Authority
-Cultural Interaction
-Empire Building

You can learn a lot about culture from its works of art and literature. The roots of Greek culture are based on interaction of the Mycenaean, Minoan, and Dorian cultures.

Book Work:


Geography-
Ancient Greece consisted mainly of a mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean sea. It also included about 2,000 islands in the Aegean and Ionian sea. Lands on the Eastern Edge of the Aegean sea were also a part of ancient Greece. The physical geography shaped the Greek traditions and customs.

How it shapes Greek life

The sea: Due to the sea, the Greeks rarely had to travel more than 85 miles to reach the coast line. The Aegean, Ionian, and Black sea were all crucial transportation routes for Greece. They linked most parts of Greece. Sea travel was also important to their culture because it allowed for trade which gave Greece access to more resources since they lacked many.

Powerpoint:

The world greatest civilizations were all located on water (usually rivers). Mesopotamia was the first civilization (it is speculated that they were not now)

Great Civilization/ Key River
Mesopotamia/ Tigris and Euphrates
Egypt/ Nile River
India/ Indus River
China/ Huang He River

The Adriatic, The Ionian Sea, and the Aegean sea. Greece is SUPER mountainous. Enormous amounts of coastline.

Mediterranean = Middle of the Earth. The people then believed Europe was the whole world. They did not know about other continents.