AIM : Analyze the early people of the Aegean. Do Now: 1) Keep handout. Guided Reading and Review 2) Analyze the primary source – The Iliad by Homer Outline: I. Ancient Greece A. Early people of the Aegean 1. This early civilization is named after the legendary king Minos 2. Reached their height between 1750BC 1500BC 3. The success of the Minoans was based on trade 4. They set up trading posts all over the Aegean 5. They traded with Egypt and civilizations in the Middle East 6. They gained ideas and technology B. Minoan Civilization Ends 1. Around 1400BC the civilization vanished 2. Volcanic eruption or earthquake 3. Invaders -> Mycenaeans the first Greek-speaking people C. Mycenaeans 1. They conquered the Greek mainland before they conquered the Minoans 2. They dominated the Aegean world from 1400BC - 1200BC
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AIM: Analyze the early people of the Aegean.
Do Now: 1) Keep handout. Guided Reading and Review
2) Analyze the primary source – The Iliad by Homer
Outline: I. Ancient Greece
A. Early people of the Aegean1. This early civilization is named after the legendary king Minos2. Reached their height between 1750BC 1500BC3. The success of the Minoans was based on trade4. They set up trading posts all over the Aegean5. They traded with Egypt and civilizations in the Middle East6. They gained ideas and technology
B. Minoan Civilization Ends1. Around 1400BC the civilization vanished2. Volcanic eruption or earthquake3. Invaders -> Mycenaeans the first Greek-speaking people
C. Mycenaeans1. They conquered the Greek mainland before they conquered the
Minoans2. They dominated the Aegean world from 1400BC -1200BC3. Like the Minoans they were skilled sea traders (traded with Italy,
Egypt, Mesopotamia)4. They learned skills from the civilizations they conquered and
traded with5. separate city-states were warrior kings built walled cities and ruled
over the surrounding
D. Trojan War1. 1250BC a conflict began as a result of an economic rivalry
between Mycenea and Troya. The war was fought over the control of the vital straits that
controlled the water passage that connected the Mediterranean and Black Sea
b. Legend – romantic causeQ: How could war have been prevented? “Turn and talk” before discussing
E. Mycenaen End 1. After the Trojan War the Mycenaean civilization fell apart as a
result of attacks from a wave of Greek speaking people Dorians.a. Trade declinedb. Cities were abandonedc. Greek civilization took a step backwards
i. Skills were lost like reading, writing, and art
F. Homer1. Life during the time of the fall of the Mycenaean
civilization is best explained to us from two epic poems written by Homer.
Map
Art
Do Now #3) Examine the art above. What culture influenced Minoan art? The answer is a civilization that we have studied in a previous lesson.
Pivotal Questions:
What civilizations influenced the Minoans? How did Mycenaean civilization affect the later Greeks? What do the epics of Homer reveal about the Greeks? Compare the epics of Homer to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh
