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    This document provides an overview of ancient Greek history and culture from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. It discusses important civilizations like Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece, then focuses on Athens and key figures like Solon and Cleisthenes who established democracy. The Persian Wars of the 5th century BCE are outlined, along with Greece's Golden Age under Pericles. The document also profiles influential philosophers, artists, scientists, and sports of the time period. Spartan society, the Peloponnesian Wars, Alexander the Great's empire, and Hellenistic philosophy schools are summarized as well.

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    Good Morning!

    The Geography of Greece


    Bronze Age Greece
    Crete: Minoan Civilization
    (Palace at Knossos)
    Knossos: Minoan
    Civilization
    Minoan Civilization
    The Mycenaean Civilization
    Homer: The “Heroic Age”
    The Mask of Agamemnon
    ATHENS: Yesterday &
    Today
    Piraeus: Athens’ Port City
    Early Athenian
    Lawgivers
    $ Draco
     “draconian”

    $ Solon

    $ Cleisthenes
     created the first
    democracy!
    Persian Wars: 499 BCE – 480
    BCE
    Persian Wars: Famous
    Battles
    $ Marathon (490 BCE)
     26 miles from Athens

    $ Thermopylae (480 BCE)


     300 Spartans at the
    Mountain pass

    $ Salamis (480 BCE)


     Athenian navy victorious
    Golden “Age of
    Pericles”:
    460 BCE – 429 BCE
    Great Athenian
    $ Socrates
    Philosophers
     Know thyself!
     question everything
     only the pursuit of goodness
    brings happiness.

    $ Plato
     The Academy
     The world of the FORMS
     The Republic  philosopher-king
    Great Athenian
    $ Philosophers
    Aristotle
     The Lyceum
     “Golden Mean” [everything in
    moderation].
     Logic.
     Scientific method.
    Athens: The Arts &
    Sciences
    $ DRAMA (tragedians):
     Aeschylus
     Sophocles
     Euripides

    $ THE SCIENCES:
     Pythagoras
     Democritus  all matter made up of
    small atoms.
     Hippocrates  “Father of Medicine”
    Phidias’ Acropolis
    The Acropolis Today
    The Parthenon
    The Agora
    The Classical Greek
    “Ideal”
    Olympia
    The Ancient Olympics:
    Athletes & Trainers
    Olympia: Temple to Hera
    The 2004 Olympics
    SPARTA
    SPARTA

    Helots  Messenians enslaved by the


    Spartans.
    Peloponnesian Wars
    Macedonia Under Philip II
    Alexander the Great
    Alexander the Great’s
    Empire
    Alexander the Great in
    Persia
    The Hellenization of Asia
    Pergamum: A Hellenistic
    City
    The Economy of the Hellenistic
    World
    Hellenistic Philosophers
    $ Cynics  Diogenes
     ignore social conventions &
    avoid luxuries.
     citizens of the world.
     live a humble, simple life.

    $ Epicurians  Epicurus
     avoid pain & seek pleasure.
     all excess leads to pain!
     politics should be avoided.
    Hellenistic Philosophers
    $ Stoics  Zeno
     nature is the expansion of
    divine will.
     concept of natural law.
     get involved in politics, not
    for personal gain, but to
    perform virtuous acts for the
    good of all.
     true happiness is found in
    great achievements.
    Hellenism: The Arts &
    Sciences
    $ Scientists / Mathematicians:
     Aristarchus  heliocentric theory.
     Euclid  geometry
     Archimedes  pulley

    $ Hellenistic Art:
     More realistic; less ideal than
    Hellenic art.
     Showed individual emotions,
    wrinkles, and age!
    The Breakup of Alexander’s
    Empire

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