Ancient Greek History Notes (Minoans to Alexander The Great)

Civilizations

Unit 4- Ultimate Notes

Ancient Greece

Day 1:  Review Midterm; Fact & Folklore Greece; Map

Monday, 1/26 H – Block 8

Tuesday, 1/27 A – Block 3

Goal:

1. Review Midterm

2. Fact & Folklore

3. Greece Map

HW:  McKay 89 to 91

Reading Questions:

1.  Describe the geography of Greece and the effects of this geography. Countless uninhabitable islands that serve as stepping-stones to Asia Minor and mountains that are in every part of Greece. All this segregation caused encouragement for political fragmentation.

2.  What were the two earliest Greek cultures?  Describe them. The two earliest cultures of Hellas were the Minoans and the Mycenaeans. A king ruled the Minoans who flourished on the island of Crete. Archeologist digs have shown us that they used plenty of bronze so we described this time as the Bronze Age. Also they had trading routes with the Middle East and the Mycenaeans.

The Mycenaeans political and social patterns and qualities follow the Minoans broadly. They were lead by a king and his warrior aristocracy. Commerce between them and Anatolia, Cyprus and Egypt flourished later

3.  What were relations like between the Minoans and Mycenaeans? They had traded and did not see each other as possible enemies but as commerce friends.

4.  What happened to the Mycenaean kingdom?  They were attacked by the Dorians who also spoke Greek but, that is what some people say but in reality the Dorians came after the destruction of the Mycenaean kingdom. Truthfully the Mycenaean kingdom collapsed due to civil war.

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Day 2:  Minoans and Mycenaeans 

Wednesday, Jan 28 B – Block 8

Thursday, Jan 29 C – Block 3

Goal:

1. Discuss Minoans and Mycenaeans: Contrasting

2. Review Map

HW:  McKay 91 to 94

Reading Questions:

Name and define the different types of rulership over Hellas? Monarchy, “the rule of one man” a king who rules over the state and or country, the leader cares over the people allowing ethical laws to be presented. Aristocracy, “power in the hands of the best” The rich and/or the educated, ruled the people can work for the best or the worst. Oligarchy, “the rule of few” ruled by a few wealthy people not necessarily of aristocracy birth. Democracy, what we have in the U.S. Tyranny, a man who had seized power and ruled like a dictator.