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$ Evaluate the Greek culture, what influence on modern life did it have?

The Geography of Greece

The Geography of Greece

Impact of Geography

$ Many City-States or “Polis”

$ Why?

$ A major city and it’s countryside

$ Independent

$ Shared cultural and religious focus

$ Citizens with and without political rights and non-citizens

Bronze Age GreeceBronze Age Greece

Mycenae: The first City-State

$ Flourished: 1600-1100BCE

$ Warrior people: prided themselves on heroic deeds in battle$ Most famous military

adventures in Homer’s Epics

$ Extensive commercial network

The Mycenaean Civilization

The Mycenaean Civilization

Homer: The “Heroic Age”

Homer: The “Heroic Age”

The Mask of AgamemnonThe Mask of Agamemnon

Persian Wars: 499 BCE – 480 BCE

Persian Wars: 499 BCE – 480 BCE

Persian Wars: Famous BattlesPersian 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

Peloponnesian WarsPeloponnesian Wars

Golden “Age of Pericles”:

460 BCE – 429 BCE

Golden “Age of Pericles”:

460 BCE – 429 BCE

Architecture and Design$ Acropolis had two

distinct levels

$ The high city had marble temples dedicated to gods

$ The city below was surrounded by walls and contained:

$ Markets ,Theatres and Houses

AcropolisAcropolis

The Acropolis TodayThe Acropolis Today

The ParthenonThe Parthenon

The AgoraThe Agora

Cultural acheivements

Athens: The Arts & Sciences

Athens: The Arts & Sciences$ DRAMA (tragedians):

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Euripides

$ THE SCIENCES: Pythagoras

Democritus all matter made up of small atoms.

Hippocrates “Father of Medicine”

Hellenism: The Arts & Sciences

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 Classical Greek “Ideal”

The Classical Greek “Ideal”

OlympiaOlympia

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great’s EmpireAlexander the Great’s Empire

Alexander the Great in Persia

Alexander the Great in Persia

The Economy of the Hellenistic World

The Economy of the Hellenistic World