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Foreword: Looking Backwards (Periods of Ancient Greek Civilization…
Foreword: Looking Backwards
Periods of Ancient Greek Civilization
Mycenaean Period (1650-1200 BC)
First greek speaking peoples that have left records
ca. 1650: Mycenean are in control of mainland Greece
Dark Age (1200-776)
Mycenaean civilization collapses
Period of rebuild
Ca.776: first. olympics
Archaic Age (776-500)
Greek alphabet created
Homer
Restoration of Greek culture
Classical Age (500-323)
499: Persian Wars (Greeks rebel against Persians
Greeks win after 20 years
323: Alexander the Great dies
Hellenistic Age
Greece was called Hellas, Greek people were called Hellenes
Greece: Graecus, comes from Romans
When Alexander the Great dies, his kingdom is divided among his generals
Seleocus: Syria
Ptolemy: Egypt
Antigonus: Greece
31 BC: Battle of Actium
Naval battle between Octavian(Romans) & Egyptians
Romans win
30 BC:Octvian acquires Egypt
Implications of Ancient Greek Geography
Fragmented Land leads to:
Openness to foreign influence welcomed learning from other peoples
Resistance to political unity: autonomy of greek city states (polis)
Uneven distribution of wealth:good land vs. bad land
Need for local coopertionL rise of polis
Collonization: Black Sea, Italy, Sicily, France, Spain, North Africa
Import of some goods