Mr. Haskell
World History
20 September 2006
Chapter 5 Outline
I Minoan Civilization
a. The palace at Knossos has rooms for the royal family, religious shrines, banquet halls, and working areas for artisans.
b. A sudden volcanic eruption on a nearby island may have rained flaming death on Knossos or an earthquake
c. The Mycenaean�s invaded the Minoan.
II Rulers of Mycenae
a. The Mycenaean�s conquered the Greek mainland before overrunning Crete.
b. The Mycenaean�s are sea traders.
c. The Mycenaean�s were the best remembered in the Trojan War.
III The age of Homer
a. The Dorian�s invaded the north and took the Mycenaean�s power.
b. Homer is a blind poet that would wonder from village to village.
c. The Iliad and odyssey reveal much about the values that the Ancient Greeks had.
IV Looking Ahead
a. After the Dorian invasions the Greeks lived in small isolated villages.
b. From the unpromising start the Greeks developed a civilization that influenced many parts of the world.
c. The stories that were told about the Crete and Mycenae became part of the Greek heritage.
V Geography: The Greek Homeland
a. The Greeks strongest rulers were organized to make irrigation works for the farmers so they can produce food.
b. Greeks that farmed in the valleys or settled on the scattered islands didn�t create a large empire as the Egyptians and Mesopotamians did.
c. The Greek coast line had hundreds of bays that provided safe harbors for ships.
VI The Polis
a. The unique version of the city-state was called the polis.
b. The acropolis or high city was made to dedicate the gods and goddesses.
c. The changed military tech increased the power of the middle class.
VII Sparta: A Nation of Soldiers
a. The beginning a child�s life they were prepared to be part of the military state.
b. The women were expected to produce healthy sons for the army.
c. The Spartan�s suffered by there rigorous way of life.
VIII Athens: A Limited Democracy
a. The Athenians wealth and power grew under the aristocracy.
b. There were tyrants that arose over the reforms that ensured greater fairness and justice to some groups.
c. The Athenian tyrant Pisistratus seized power and then took land from the nobles to help the farmers.
IX Forces for Unity
a. The Greeks shared the same language, participated in common festivals, and honored the same ancient heroes.
b. The Greeks were polytheistic.
c. The Greeks called the people that didn�t speak there language barbarians.
X The Persian War
a. The Persians defeated the rebel cities at Marathon.
b. The Athens had convinced Sparta and other city-states to the fight.
c. The Persian Wars increased the Greeks sense of their own uniqueness.
XI Athens in the Age of Pericles
a. Pericles believed that know made the wealth or social class, they should take part in the government.
b. Pericles gave a speech at the funeral of Athenians slain in battle.
c. Pericles hired the best to rebuild the Acropolis that the Persians destroyed.
XII Greek Against Greek
a. There was the Delian league and the Peloponnsian league.
b. The Athens where faced with a problem because they couldn�t attack from the sea.
c. The Athenians lost the war against the Spartans.
XIII Lovers of Wisdom
a. The Greeks called people that observe and reason to find causes for what happened philosophers.
b. The philosophers explored many subjects like; mathematics and physics to music and logic.
c. Some philosophers we into more interested ethics or moral behavior.
XIV Death of a Philosopher
a. The Socratic used a questioning process that came to be called the Socratic method.
b. Socratic was accused of corrupting the city�s youth and failing to respect the gods.
c. Socratic accepted the death penalty and drank a cup of deadly poison.
XV Ideas About Government
a. Plato was like Socratic and emphasized the important reasons.
b. Plato thought that women could rank among the ruling elite of his republic.
c. Plato taught Aristotle and he analyzed all kinds of the government.
XVI The Search for Beauty and Order
a. Parthenon is the most famous Greek temple and was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
b. There was once a gold and ivory covered figure of Athena in the temple.
c. The only Greek paintings to survive were the paintings on the vases and other pottery.
XVII Poetry and Drama
a. The first Greek plays evolved from the religious festivals that took place.
b. All three famous Athenian playwrights were tragedies.
c. Some other playwrights were comedies.
XVIII The Writing of History
a. Herodotus is often called the father of history.
b. Thucydides wrote about the Peloponnesian War.
c. Both writers set standards for future historians.
XIX Macedonian Ambitions
a. Philip gained the Macedonian throne in 359 B.C.
b. Philip built a superb army and hired foreign captains to train his troops.
c. Philip forced the Macedonians and the Greeks to conquer the Persian empire.
XX A Mighty Conqueror
a. Alexander was only 20 years old when he was already an experienced soldier.
b. Alexander was like is father and wanted to invade Persia.
c. Alexander died of a sudden fever.
XXI The Legacy of Alexander
a. Alexander found many new cities, most of them named after him.
b. Alexander founded the city Alexandria which is located in the center of trade between Europe and Asia, which was Egypt.
c. When women had more opportunities they started to learn how to read and write.
XXII Hellenistic Civilization
a. The Hellenistic age contributed to making schools of Philosophy.
b. The Hellenistic age also advanced in the science and mathematics.
c. Hippocrates studied the cause of illnesses and looked for cures.
XXIII Looking Ahead
a. During the Hellenistic age Rome came and dominated the Mediterranean world.
b. The ideas about law, freedom, justice, and government is used to this day.
c. Greek legacy influenced the civilizations of Rome and Western Europe.