EARLY GREECE TermsEarly Greece Minoan Crete 2000 1400

EARLY GREECE

Terms—Early Greece • • • Minoan Crete (2000 – 1400 BC) Linear A Knossos Mycenae (1400 – 1125 BC) Trojan War (1240 – 1230 BC) Homer, The Illiad Agamemnon, Menelaus Paris, Prince of Troy Helen Polis Hoplite Phalanx

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

The Influence of Geography The Mediterranean Sea and a mild climate; many Greeks became traders, colonists, and pirates; hence a cosmopolitan people; irregular coast and interior influenced the development of fiercely independent city states

Agora (Marketplace)

Minoan Crete

Knossos (Reproduction of Palace)

Remains of Palace at Knossos

Throne Room

Minotaur

Minoan Bull’s Head

Minoan Frescoes

Favorite Sport—Bull Jumping

Bull Jumping

Linear A

Mycenae

Homer, the Blind Poet

Mycenae and Troy

City of Troy

Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse

Henrich Schliemann—The “Father of Archeology”

Schliemann’s Discovery of Mycenae

Mycenaean Lion’s Gate

Agamemnon’s Death Mask

An Aerial View of Troy Today

Excavation at Troy

Nine Layers of Troy

Treasures of Troy

Minoan Art

Minoan Art

Mycenaean Art

Mycenaean Art

Mycenaean Art

Mycenaean Swords

Reproduction of Mycenaean Palace

Mycenaean Fortifications

Linear B

Greek Timeline

Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 – 750 BC) Regression Loss of Literacy Return to the Land

Archaic Age (750 – 500 BC) Greek Literacy--Alphabet

Archaic Age Rise of the polis Greek city-state Independent of one another One identified self with polis

Archaic Age Hoplite—Soldier

Hoplites in Battle

Hoplite Phalanx

Hoplite Phalanx--Formation

The Persian Wars