Ancient Greece Geography + History

location

south eastern europe, surrounded by mediterranean sea

Greek name for Greece

Hellas/Ellada

what features of the geography mainly influenced the civilisation and in what way

few natural resources + surrounded by water + mountainous + not good for farming → took to the sea for livelihood, colonised neighbouring islands + made settlements

What was the first era of Greece + what happened

Paleolithic era, agriculture emerged

When was the neolithic age

6000 - 2900 BCE

what happened in the neolithic age

there were permanent settlements + agriculture

when was the cycladic civilisation + what age was it during

3200 - 1100 BCE, bronze age

what happened in the cycladic civilisation

houses + temples of stone, advancements in art + architecture, fishing and trade for income, merged w minoan at the end

when was the minoan civilisation and what age was it during

2700 - 1500 BCE, bronze age

what happened during the Minoan civilisation + where did it start + how did it end

started on Crete, established linear A, collapsed following deforestation + (maybe) conquered by Mycenaean + volcanic eruption and ensuing tsunami

when was the Mycenaean civilisation, what age was it in

1900 - 1100 BCE, bronze age

what happened during the Mycenaean civilisation

beginning of greek culture, developments in architecture + religion, Linear B, influenced by Minoans

when was the dark age

1100 - 800 BCE

features of the dark age

happened after the Mycenaean cities were abandoned + (maybe) destroyed, no written sources, greeks continued to colonise, cultural advancements

when was the archaic period

800 - 500 BCE

what happened during the archaic period

republic + polis created, sculpture + pottery, first coins

when was the classical period

480 - 323 BCE

what happened during the classical period

golden age of Greece, democracy made, athens + sparta were most powerful polis, persian + pelopennesian wars, alexander the alright

what was the final greek period

hellenistic period