objective: i understand the greek culture and how when two ... · •wooden front doors. rulers...
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Objective:I understand the Greek culture and how when two groups of people meet their cultures can
blend together.
October 20-21, 2014
The Minoans
The Minoans
• 2000BCE-
• Drove off the pirates
• Used a long wooden beam to poke holes in other ships & they are slimmer ships that were faster with three sails
• Minoans controlled the Mediterranean Sea!!
Minoan Ship Recreation
Minoan Cities•No Walls!
• Famous for their grand palaces at the center of
the city rather than a temple!
Thank you Minoans for….• 5 stories high houses/apartments
• Running hot and cold water
• Heated rooms
• Flushing toilets
•Wooden Front Doors
Rulers & Religion• Priest –kings
• Ruled by talking to gods and representing them on
earth
• Polytheistic
•Main God/Goddess
•Mother Earth
Mother Earth
Minoan Sports•Minoans loved sports
• Built world’s first arena
• Could seat 500!!!
• Boxing Matches – Men
• Chariot hunts - Women
• Bull Leaping – Men and Women
Bull Leaping
• Around 1450 B.C.E. Minoan civilization
disappears!
•Most likely a cataclysmic event.
• Tsunami & a Volcano
•Mycenaeans took them over
• The Greeks claim it was the fault of the
MINOTAUR!
Fall of the Minoans
The Mycenaeans
Hello Mycenaeans!
•Originally from Central Asia (Russia).
• Invade Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.E.
• First Greek Kings
•Conquer the majority of the Peloponnesian
Peninsula with lots of grasslands.
Can you find Mycenae?
In the Grasslands
How do we know about the Mycenaeans?
• Dear Heinrich Schliemann,
Thank you for discovering the
walled palace of Mycenae and
for your lovely Mycenaean
artifacts.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Stryjak
Enrichment ????
•Why were they considered the first
kings and not the Minoans?
Kingdoms
•Palaces built on a hilltops and surrounded by a
huge walls to protect them
• They gained land through the favor of the king
(having the king like them)
This is
where the
palace of
Mycenae
once stood.
City-State
=Polis
Kingdoms
• The Megaron = a huge room used for
entertainment & council meetings
In times of
danger all
citizens of
Mycenae
lived within
the city walls
Archaeological remains of Mycenae.
Enrichment ????
Draw a picture of some
activities that may have
went on in the megaron!
Learning the Ropes
• By 1800 B.C.E. Mycenaeans begin to trade with
Minoans when the Minoans began to visit from
Crete.
• Copied Minoan design for ships, swords, shields, and
culture (example – Mother Earth)!
• Learn to navigate using the sun and stars.
Learning the Ropes
•After being taught by the Minoans the
Mycenaeans conquered Crete and nearby
islands, destroying the Minoans.
•Was it right for the Mycenaeans to destroy
the civilization that made them powerful and
taught them much of what they learned?
Enrichment ????
Trade
•By 1400 B.C.E. control the Mediterranean Sea!
•Trade with Egypt & Parts of Southern Italy.
•Why?
•Overthrow the Minoans
Enrichment ????
•Tell me about/draw the ships they
would have used to trade so far away.
Warfare & Their Collapse
•Proud of being fierce warriors!
•Once they gain control of Mediterranean Sea
begin to conquer other lands.
Mycenaean soldiers, ready for battle!
Late Mycenaean helmets 1300-1100 B.C. Based on pottery, fresco, sculptures representation and partial findings.
Warriors from Mycenae (1200 B.C.) oil painting based on
Mycenaean pottery (artist Andrea Salimbeti).
Warfare & Their Collapse
•Best known battle that the won was the Trojan
War in the mid 1200 BCE
Warfare & Their Collapse
•Location: Troy in Turkey on the Dardanelles
Strait!
Warfare & Their Collapse
•The Mycenaeans won the war but are
weakened due to the war:
•cost alot of money
•Opened the Mycenaeans to attack from
outside groups
Warfare & Their Collapse
•The Mycenaeans collapsed because:
• Civil Wars break out at home, while military is in Troy.
• Civil War – wars between opposing citizens in one
civilization.
• Earthquakes
• By 1100 B.C.E. Mycenaean civilization collapsed.