GREECE STORY BOOK TITLE PAGE History of Ancient

GREECE STORY BOOK

TITLE PAGE � � � History of Ancient Greece Picture Your name

AUTHOR’S PAGE Written & Illustrated by: � Freshman at Wayne Central School District � Dedicated to ______ (Mr. Geesler? Ms. Weller? Mom? ) � Beneway Publishing � Copyright 2012 �

To Identify the civilizations that influenced the Minoans � The civilizations that influenced the Minoans were the Egyptians, Mesopotamians, and the Turks.

To explain how the Mycenaean civilization affected the Greeks � The Mycenaean’s were sea traders. They taught the Greeks the art of writing.

To describe what the epics of Homer Revealed. � The Iliad and the Odyssey reveal the values of the Ancient Greeks. These values were honor, courage, and eloquence.

To describe the influence of geography on the development of Greece � Mountains separated Greece into many cit-states. Seas and harbors helped Greece develop due to trade

To describe the kinds of governments the Greek city-states developed. � � � Many governments bc of many city-states: Monarchy-rule by king/queen(Sparta) Democracy-rule by people(Athens) Aristocracy-rule by landowners Oligarchy-rule by business leaders

To compare Athens and Sparta be sure to include unifying and divisive forces ATHENS SPARTA Limited Democracy Monarchy Stressed Education and Militaristic Society Arts Women were inferior Women had some rights Open Trade with other City States No Trade

To describe the impact the Persian Wars had on Greece � � In the Battle of Marathon in the Persian War, the Athenians won against Persia. Athens becomes the most powerful city-state in Greece

To explain how Athens enjoyed a golden age under Pericles � Athens enjoyed a Golden Age after the Persian War under Pericles. Economy thrived and their gov’t became a direct democracy. They explored medicines and technology.

To identify the causes and effects of the Peloponnesian War � Sparta becomes jealous of Athens and its new found power. Athens and Sparta fought each other in the Peloponnesian War. Sparta won.

To outline the political and ethical ideas that Greek philosophers developed

To describe architect’s and artisan’s goals. � Architects tried to convey a sense of balance, symmetry, and harmony with the columns and amphitheaters they built. Artisans made realistic and idealistic statues of marble.

To identify themes that Greeks writers and historians explored � Greek writers and historians explored themes such as comedies, tragedies, myths, legends, poetry, and drama.

To explain how Alexander built an Empire � Alexander built an Empire by building armies, making alliances, and conquering as much land as he could.

To Summarize the results of Alexander’s conquests. � Alexander’s conquests helped him to create a Hellenistic civilization, which was a blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indus civilizations.

To describe how individuals contributed to Hellenistic civilization � Several individuals helped contribute to the Hellenistic civilization. Ptolemy created a library & research center, Euclid wrote The Elements about geometry, Eratosthenes showed Earth was round and found the circumference around Earth, Archimedes made the catapult using the lever and pulley, and Pythagoras derived the Pythagorean Theorem to find the sides of a right triangle.