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ANCIENT GREECE

ANCIENT GREECE. BALKAN PENINSULA IONIAN SEA / AEGEAN SEA / MEDITERRANEAN SEA NO POINT OF GREECE IS MORE THAN 50 MILES FROM SEA TRADERS, FISHERMEN ¾’s OF GREECE IS MOUNTAINS HARD TO UNITE. GREEK GEOGRAPHY. MINOAN CIVILIZATION. WHEN: 3000 BC – 145O BC

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ANCIENT GREECE

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  1. ANCIENT GREECE

  2. BALKAN PENINSULA • IONIAN SEA / AEGEAN SEA / MEDITERRANEAN SEA • NO POINT OF GREECE IS MORE THAN 50 MILES FROM • SEA • TRADERS, FISHERMEN • ¾’s OF GREECE IS MOUNTAINS • HARD TO UNITE GREEK GEOGRAPHY

  3. MINOAN CIVILIZATION WHEN: 3000 BC – 145O BC WHERE: ISLAND OF CRETE NAMED AFTER: KING MINOS DISCOVERED BY: SIR ARTHUR EVANS (1900)

  4. MINOAN CULTURE / ACCOMPLISHMENTS • EXCELLENT TRADERS • PALACE AT KNOSSOS • NO WALLS • MT. IDA – BIRTHPLACE OF ZEUS • King Minos – son of Zeus • TOREADOR FRESCO • Bull Jumping • LINEAR A

  5. Fall of minoan civilization 1)VOLCANIC ERUPTION / EARTHQUAKE / TSUNAMI 2)CONQUERED BY MYCEANAEANS

  6. MYCEANAEN CIVILIZATION • WHEN: 1400 BC – 1200 BC • WHERE: MAINLAND GREECE • COPIED A LOT OF MINOAN CULTURE • CONQUERED BY DORIANS • BEGINNING OF “DARK AGES”

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