CornellNotes:AncientGreece

EarlyPeopleofAegean Earliestcivilizationintheregion.Through
contactwithEgyptandMesopotamiathe
Minoansgainedtotheirculture.The
MycenaeansdominatedtheGreekmainland
andCrete.
TheRiseoftheGreekCityStates Greekssharedcommoncultureandlivedin
smallisolatedfarmingvillagesandeventually
builtcitystates.
TheGloryThatWasGreece PhilosopherslikeSocrates,Plato,and
Aristotledevelopednewideasabouttruth,
reason,justice,andgovernment.People
developednewstylesofartthatreflected
thoseideas.
AlexanderandtheHellenisticAge KingPhilipcontrolledallofGreece.Whenhe
died,Alexandertookoverandconquested
throughouttheMediterraneanandtheMiddle
EastandIndia.Alloftheseculturesblended
togethertocreatetheHellenisticcivilization.
ThislaterinfluencedthecivilizationsofRome
andEurope.