greece evaluate the greek culture, what influence on modern life did it have?
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Greece
$ 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