11734216744 | Aegean Islands and Greek Mainland | cradle of western civilization | 0 | |
11734224716 | Minoans | early civilization in Crete Island | 1 | |
11734227446 | Minoans | 2600-1450 BC | 2 | |
11734229366 | Minoans | Seafaring traders | 3 | |
11734232130 | Palace at Knossos | small city with more than 800 rooms | 4 | |
11734237693 | Sir Arthur Evans | discovered Knossos | 5 | |
11734239916 | Beggining (2600 BC) | used of gold and bronze | 6 | |
11734243803 | Height of civilization (1600 BC) | dominated trade in Aegean region | 7 | |
11734246259 | Decline (1450 BC) | natural disaster | 8 | |
11734249315 | Destruction | invasions or natural disaster | 9 | |
11734250929 | Mycenaeans | Greek speaking Indo-European tribe from Central Asia | 10 | |
11734257326 | Mycenaeans | warriors | 11 | |
11734258178 | Mycenaeans | similar culture with Minoans | 12 | |
11734259538 | Dark Age | 1100-800 BC | 13 | |
11734260003 | Dark Age | destroyed places | 14 | |
11734263696 | Dark Age | Displaced population, disrupted trade, farming and arts | 15 | |
11734269020 | Beggining (1900 BC) | Began moving from their home land and mixed with local population | 16 | |
11734273522 | Invaded Crete | 1400 BC | 17 | |
11734274739 | Achaeans (1300 BC) | Empire that controlled the entire Aegean region | 18 | |
11734278978 | Decline (1200 BC) | frequent warfare | 19 | |
11734280721 | Destruction (1100BC) | natural disaster and frequent warfare | 20 | |
11734285879 | Trojan War | based on Homer | 21 | |
11734286778 | Trojan War | Mycenaeans vs. Trojans | 22 | |
11734290303 | Dorians | Greeks from the North who conquered the Southern part of peninsula | 23 | |
11734297696 | Dorians | iron weapons of war | 24 | |
11734302806 | Dorians | speak Greek but illiterate, art of writing was forgotten and caused the Dark Age | 25 | |
11734311171 | Ionians | reintroduced Greek culture in 800 BC | 26 | |
11734318399 | Ionians | end of Dark Age, beggining of Hellenic Age | 27 | |
11734324792 | Hellenic Age (800-338 BC) | Hellas(country), Hellenes(Greek) | 28 | |
11734326963 | Hellenic Age (800-338 BC) | Phoenician alphabet, Lydian use of coins, Egyptian Geometry | 29 | |
11734335574 | Hellenic Age (800-338 BC) | religious beliefs, festivals for gods/goddesses, epics | 30 | |
11734358881 | Religious Beliefs | changes in nature and gaining good fortune | 31 | |
11734362615 | Religious Beliefs | consulting Oracles | 32 | |
11734363893 | Religious Beliefs | Belief in gods/goddesses | 33 | |
11734368027 | Festivals for gods | performances by musician poets | 34 | |
11734369388 | Festivals for gods | Olympics | 35 | |
11734372406 | Homer's epics | one of the most important influences in Greek religion and thought | 36 | |
11734378683 | Homer's epics | Iliad and Odyssey | 37 | |
11734383126 | Homer's epics | Poetry, not History | 38 | |
11734384927 | Homer's epics | Hero: more than a brave warrior | 39 | |
11734389471 | Colonies (800-750 BC) | spread Hellenic culture | 40 | |
11734391889 | Colonies (800-750 BC) | Asia Minor and North Africa | 41 | |
11734392701 | Polis | independent city-state | 42 | |
11734395700 | Polis | governed by their own kings | 43 | |
11734397105 | Polis | center of Greek community life | 44 | |
11734398883 | Monarchy | king and his royal family | 45 | |
11734399922 | Aristocracy | king and nobles | 46 | |
11734400848 | Oligarchy | king, nobles and other powerful people | 47 | |
11734402761 | Political representation | people has the voice in the community | 48 | |
11734404366 | Sparta | founded by the descendant Dorians (8th century BC) | 49 | |
11734423416 | Sparta | located in Peloponnesus (southern part of Greece) | 50 | |
11734426253 | Sparta | Oligarchy: government of the few | 51 | |
11734429547 | Sparta | 2 Spartan KIngs | 52 | |
11734430210 | Assembly | males over 20 years old | 53 | |
11734432816 | Helots | Spartan slaves who were forced to work as farm laborers | 54 | |
11734435742 | Perioci | free individuals but not Spartans; outnumbered Spartans (10:1) | 55 | |
11734436926 | Spartans | lived in a constant fear of revolt | 56 | |
11734440745 | Sparta | established a strong military government | 57 | |
11734448790 | Life of spartans | infants were examined | 58 | |
11734450930 | 7 years old | spartan boy moves into military house | 59 | |
11734451837 | 20 years old | soldiers | 60 | |
11734453147 | 30 years old | expected to marry | 61 | |
11734455060 | 60 years old | retirement | 62 | |
11734456260 | Spartan girls | trained in gymnastics and physical endurance | 63 | |
11734458639 | Spartan girls | had responsibilities of managing their farms and households | 64 | |
11734463841 | Sparta | No braver warriors than the men trained of Sparta | 65 | |
11734466633 | Criticism | Sparta training somehow neglected mind, art, music, poetry and literature | 66 |
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