Notes On Early Greek Civilizations

Notes on early Greek civilizations TITLE CORNELL NOTESBRONZE AGE; THE MINOANS Have out greek map and work on it for ten minutes

TITLE CORNELL NOTES BRONZE AGE- THE MINOANS

objective

Learn who the first greeks were and what their legacy is.

NOTES on bronze age WHO WERE THE MINOANS?

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Who were the Minoans?

 Known

as cretans  Farmers and traders  Grew

wheat, barley, grapes , olives  Cash crops tradedolives and grapes, and tin  Ship

builders

 Earned

living from sea  First seafaring civilization

WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE LIKE?

 What

were the people like?

 Small,

athletic, liked jewelry,  Women worked at home, also hunted  Men farmed, fished, hunted, loved sporting events,  Bull

leaping favorite sport  Boxing also favorite

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WHAT WERE THEIR CITIES LIKE?

 What

were their cities like?

 Palace

at center of city

 Largest

city - Knossos  Largest palace called house of the double axe. 1500 rooms- means “labyrinth”  Very advanced – indoor plumbing  No

walls around cities

 Sea

and navy protected them

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Bellwork – make cornell terms titled minoans:bronze age 1.Minos 2.Cretan 3.Ariadne 4.Aegeus 5.Theseus 

1. 2. 

6. Labyrinth 7. Crete 8. Knossos 9. Legacy 10. Tribute 

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 WHAT

KIND OF RELIGION DID THEY HAVE?

 What

was their religion?

 Run

by Priest kings

 Made

laws  Represented gods on earth  Talked to gods on mt. Jukas  Polytheistic  Main

 Certain  Lily

god was Mother Earth

things sacred

–sacred flower  Double axe- power of Mother earth and king  Dove- sacred bird 

 WHAT

HAPPENED TO THE MINOANS?

 What

 Not

certain happened  Fall came from story of to Theseus and Minotaur. Minoans?  Same say earthquake, volcanic eruption and tsunami. 

agenda  Listened

to the story of Theseus and minotaur and finished notes on the Minoans.

Bellwork – 10-28-09  TURN THESE QUESTIONS INTO STATEMENTS skip lines.  Title sheet of paper The Minoans  1. The Minoans lived during what age?  2. Where did the Minoans live and what were they known as?  3. What were the Minoans the first to do?  4. What surplus made the Minoans rich? (metal)  5. What were the two sports they enjoyed?  6. What story led archaeologists to find the civilization of the Minoans?

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GREEK GEOGRAPHY

  GEOGRAPHY

TERMS  GEOGRAPHY NOTES  GREEK MAP  MAP RULES  COVER SHEET  GREEKS WORKSHEET

NOTEBOOK ORDER    

THE BRONZE AGE MINOANS

 BRONZE

AGE NOTES  BRONZE AGE TERMS  THESEUS CROSSWORD PUZZLE  BRONZE AGE QUESTIONS.  

HEROIC AGE MYCENEANS

Bronze age terms  GREEK

HERO OF ATHENS – DEFEATED THE MINOTAUR  A MAZE LIKE THE ONE IN CRETE- also meaning of “house of the double axe”  1ST SEAFARING CIVILIZATION  KING OF CRETE FATHER OF MINOTAUR  FATHER OF THESEUS- AEGEAN SEA NAMED AFTER HIM

More terms  What

the Minoans were known as  Largest city in crete- home of minotaur  Daughter of Minos who helped Theseus kill the minotaur  A payment of some sort from a conquered nation to the conquering nation. Usually money  Something handed down from the past. 

OBJECTIVE

OBJECTIVE- COMPARE THE MINOANS TO THE MYCENAEANS

New notes- heroic age; the mycenaeans  Who

were the Mycenaeans?

AGENDA  ORGANIZED

NOTEBOOK  DID MINOAN QUESTIONS  DEFINED BRONZE AGE TERMS

Notes on Heroic Age  Who

were the 1.Came from grasslands Myceneans? north of black searussian. 2.Warriors built fortress palaces with walls around them. 3.Enslaved people to work the land. 4.Hunters rather than farmers. 

 How

did the Minoans affect the Mycenaeans?

 How

did the 1.Myceneans copied gold and Minoans bronze work. influence 2.Were taught how to build the ships and navigate. Myceneans? 3.Started to grow olives and began trading. 4.Outfitted pirate fleets and raided lands rather than trade. 

 WHAT 

CAUSED THE DARK AGES?

 What

caused the Dark Ages?

 1. after trojan war civil wars broke out.  2. Civil wars destroyed fortress palaces.  3. Dorians invaded greece. 