PPT-Early Greece

Minoan Civilization Sir Arthur Evans discovered ancient ruins on the island of Crete in 1878 He named the civilization after the legendary tale of King Minos and the Minotaur The Minoans were advanced in many ways one included the use of . Ancient Greece. Greece – Bronze age. Origins of civilization. Prehistory. History. Greece – Bronze age. Origins of civilization. Prehistory. Includes Paleolithic and other . prehistorical. categories. the Early Greeks. EQ: How did the geography of Greece help shape early Greek civilization?. Mountain and Settlements. Mountains cover much of Greece, few flat areas for farmland . People settled in flat areas along the coast and in river valleys in villages and towns separated by mountains and seas.. Most of our study of ancient Greece is focused on what we call the Classical Age. . The Classical Age of Greece is a two hundred year period that began about 500 years before the Common Era. . The Early Greeks Ancient Greece. Emerald . Agpaod. . Yina. Li . Alethia. Ruiz. Melissa . Tarr. . Patricia Vigil. Ancient Greece. The Greeks developed democratic government. Early India. The people of India invented the concept of zero. MANAGER. : KYLE. WORKERS. : ALLISON, BECCA, . MEGHAN. WHERE IN THE WORLD IS GREECE?. MAP OF GREECE. THE GREEK FLAG. GEOGRAPHY. Located on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula.. On the north is Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Albania.. by . Mrs. Webster. The stripes represent the sea and waves which surround the country on all sides but the North.. The Land. Located at the southeastern corner of Europe. . Famous for its jagged coastline (Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the Ionian Sea). . Architectural History. ACT 322. Doris Kemp. Topics. Early Christian Architecture. Rome Structures . Structures in the Holy Lands. Milan Structures. Ravenna Structures. Structures in Greece, Syria, and the Rhineland. Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Aegean Sea to the East, Ionian Sea to the West. Long, uneven coastline. Sea played an important role in Greece. Mountainous, kept villages apart, couldn’t unite, allowed invaders from the North. AKA- City-state. Made up of a city and its surrounding countryside. Each had it’s own government. Acropolis- where citizens gathered to discuss city government. Athens and Democracy. Democracy: Rule by the people. The Parthenon. I. Geography. Mountains. divided Greece and led to cultural and political divisions.. Greece is made up of two . peninsula. (southern most part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Peloponnese Peninsula) that is . Greece has few natural resources and is 80% mountains, making agriculture difficult . Greece used the sea for trade and transportation. Greece set up trading colonies along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Chapter 8 Section 1. Geography and the Early Greeks. The Big Idea. Greece’s geography and its nearness to the sea strongly influenced the development of trade and the growth of city-states.. Main Ideas. Religion. Politics. Economics. Social Structures. Geography. Achievements. 800-700 BC. : . Monarchies begin to be replaced by Aristocratic Republics. Archaic Period 800 BC - 500 BC. 621 BC:. . Draco's code of law - Athens.. Our speakers . Eduardo Ramos, Head Transnational Education, . UUKi. . Dr Vangelis Tsiligiris, Principal Lecturer, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. Katerina Fegarou, Education Marketing Manager, Greece .