Ancient Greece

Early People of the

Aegean




The Rise of Greek
city-states




The Glory of Greece



Alexander and the
Hellinistic Age

Gained ideas and technology through trade (Minoans)
Mycenaeans dominated Greece and Crete
Trojan War
Homer wrote the Illiad and Odyssey

Mycenaean civilization declined
Many small city-states began
Civil Wars started against each other
Polis
As time went on the governments changed
Sparta warriors
Athens became a democracy
Persian War
Pericles helped Athens develop a direct democracy


Used observations and reason to find causes for what happened
Plato, Socrates, Aristotle


King Philip built an army that controlled all of Greece
His son Alexander took the throne
His conquest spread to Greek civilization
Cultures blended
The early people gained ideas and technology through trade. There was a huge war called
the Trojan War. Homer wrote epic poems on it. Civilizations declined, and city-states were
started. They had many civil wars, and as time went on the governments changed. The Sparta
warriors contributed to Athens becoming a democracy. Next, the Persian War started and
Pericles helped develop a direct democract. Some people of Greece used observation and
reason to find answers to things instead of using religion.
Later King Philip built a great army and controlled Greece. When he died his son took the
throne, and his conquest spread Greek civilization. The cultures also started blending with many
others.