unit 1: prehistoric, bronze, dark age greece

Black Sea

North of mainland Greece

Aegean Sea

East of mainland Greece

Mediterranean Sea

South of mainland Greece

Ionian Sea

West of mainland Greece

Minoan Period

2000 - 1600 BCE

Mycenaean Period

1650 - 1200 BCE

Dark Age

1200 - 776 BCE

Iron Age

1200 - 776 BCE

Archaic Period

776 - 500 BCE

Classical Period

500 - 323 BCE

Hellenistic Period

323 - 30 BCE

Roman Empire

27 BCE - 1453 CE

Cycladic Civilization

Pre-Greek civilization in the Aegean Sea islands (Cyclades).

Cycladic Art

Sculptures, naked women, painted eyes, hair, jewelry

Minoan Civilization

Pre-Greek culture in Crete, specifically Knossus

Minos

King of Cnossus

Pasiphae

The wife of Minos who had an affair with the Minotaur

Theseus

Athenian prince who slayed the minotaur

Ariadne

Minos’ daughter and lover of Theseus who helped slay the minotaur

Greek Art

Women with white skin, themes of conflict

Minoan Art

Almond eyes, profiled figures, religious rituals, marine life, athleticism

Egyptian Art

Influencer of Minoan Art

Linear A

An undeciphered, earlier version of a language found on clay tablets

Linear B

Later version of ancient Greek discovered on clay tablets

Arthur Evans

Discoverer of Linear A and B

Michael Ventris

Decipherer of Linear B

Mycenaean Civilization

First Greek civilization

King Agamemnon

King of Mycenae

Minoan Palaces

Large rectangular court surrounded by small rooms and hallways, multiple floors, light-wells, drainage facilities

Meganron

Central enclosed throne room in Mycenaean palaces

Mycenaean Palaces

Massive walls (8 metres thick), hilltop buildings, displays of wealth

wa-na-ka (anax)

king

qa-si-re-u (basileus)

2nd in command, duke

ra-wa-ge-ta

General

ko-re-te-re

Mayor

Do-e-ro

Slave

Redistributive Economy

Model where all goods produced are stored in the palace and redistributed as needed

Peleus

Achilles’ father

Thetis

Achilles’ mother

Eris

Goddess of discord

Alexander

Paris, a human made to judge a beauty competition between goddesses

Aphrodite’s offering

Helen of Sparta

Helen

Queen of Sparta

Menelaus

Helen’s husband, King of Sparta

Zetema

Question in search of an answer

Athena’s offering

Leadership in war, Trojan conquest of Greece

Hera’s offering

Rule over Asia and Europe