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Mediterranean civilizations: Greece
Skill
To explain the nature of Mediterranean cultures, especially Greek culture with its emphasis on its influence on philosophical and democratic thought
Vocabulary
Thalassocracy: Dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.
Sewerage: The system by which sewage is carried away from houses, factories, etc
Emerge: to become known
Kingdom: a country that has a king or queen as head of state (= official leader of the country)
To subdue: to bring somebody/something under control, especially by using force
Tie: the friendly feelings that people have for other people, or special connections with places
Slave: a person who is owned by another person and is forced to work for them
Greece
MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATIONS: GREECE
CIVILIZATIONS BEFORE GREECE AND ROME
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ORIGIN OF GREECE:CRETE AND MYCEANAEN
GREEK SOCIETIES
THE GOLDEN AGE
MYCENEAN
It was) a thalocrassy whose capital was Knossos
They dominated the Agean Sea until about 1400 B.C.
-The Achaeans, people assaulted and sacked Knossos, and replaced the thalassocracy
It was a kingdom created by the Achaens 400 years later after replacing Crete thalassocracy.
MIONAN (CRETE)MYCENAEFirst civilizations
GREEKS EXPANSION
-Also known as Archaic Period
Political, economic and cultural recovering from the Dark Ages.
Formation of the “polis”(cities-states)
All new “polis” were independent but shared language and religión
GOLDEN AGE
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ATHENS AND SPARTA LED TO THE DESTRUCTIVE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
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Other facts
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In addition to their concepts of beauty, their statues and their architectural forms, the Greeks left us their alphabet, adapted from the Phoenician, to which they added vowels and which served as the basis for the Roman alphabet we use today.