Early Greek CivilizationsEarly Greek Civilizations

World History IWorld History I

Mr. MorinMr. Morin

Time PeriodsTime PeriodsMinoan (2800-1700)Minoan (2800-1700)

Mycenae (1600-1100)Mycenae (1600-1100)

Dark Ages (1100-750)Dark Ages (1100-750)

Poleis (750-350)Poleis (750-350)

Alexander the Great Alexander the Great (336-323)(336-323)

Hellenistic Empires Hellenistic Empires (275-31)(275-31)

Greek GeographyGreek Geography

Greece is small (size of Louisiana)Greece is small (size of Louisiana)

It is mountainousIt is mountainous– These mountains isolated Greeks from one These mountains isolated Greeks from one

another, leading to very different ways of life.another, leading to very different ways of life.

SeasSeas– No part of Greece is more than 60 miles No part of Greece is more than 60 miles

from the Sea.from the Sea.– Aegean, Mediterranean, and IonianAegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian

Minoan & Mycenaean Minoan & Mycenaean

Minoan – Bronze Age (2800 BC)Minoan – Bronze Age (2800 BC)– Lived on Crete (King Minos)Lived on Crete (King Minos)– Knossos was key cityKnossos was key city

Mycenaean – 1600 – 1100 BCMycenaean – 1600 – 1100 BC– Powerful monarchiesPowerful monarchies– Trojan War (Homer’s Trojan War (Homer’s Iliad Iliad and and OdysseyOdyssey))– After collapse, Greece entered a “Dark Age”After collapse, Greece entered a “Dark Age”