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I. The early Greeks
a. Hellenes – Indo-European nomads – Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian tribes
b. Circa 1400-1000 BCE – migration from Black Sea and Danube regions to modern-day Greece and Turkey
c. Conquered Cretans and other natives
d. Circa 1000 BCE – controlled Greece, some of Asia Minor, and Aegean islands

Ancient Greece History Outline - Free to print (PDF file). For high school World History and European History classes. II. The age of Homer
a. Circa 1000-750 BCE
b. Greece’s “Dark Ages” – little information known
c. Iliad and Odyssey
d. Troy discovered by Heinrich Schliemann
e. People – farmers, traders, and warriors
f. Crops and livestock – cattle, grapes, olives, sheep, wheat

III. Geography of Greece
a. Mountains
i. Hindered communication and unification
ii. Caused growth of independent city-states
b. Seas and seaports
i. Peninsula with irregular coastline
ii. Seaports encouraged development of trade
c. Poor farmland
i. Few crops could be grown
ii. Forced to trade
iii. Became leading traders of Aegean and eastern Mediterranean

IV. Greece’s colonies
a. Circa 800-600 BCE
b. Colonized areas around the Mediterranean
i. Italy’s west coast (Naples)
ii. Sicily (Syracuse)
iii. Southern France (Marseilles)
iv. Egypt
v. Byzantium (Constantinople/Istanbul)
c. Spread Greek culture, language, religion

V. Forces uniting the Greeks
a. Ancestry
i. Believed in a common ancestor – Hellen
b. Language
i. Spoke different Greek dialects but could understand one another
ii. Used Phoenician alphabet and added vowels
c. Literature
i. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
ii. Mythological tales
d. Religion
i. Greek pantheon of gods and goddesses living on Mount Olympus
ii. Zeus, Athena, Hades, etc.
e. Olympic games
i. Every four years
1. This four-year period was called the Olympiad
ii. Began in 776 BCE
iii. Physical games – boxing, broad jumps, chariot racing, dashes, discus throwing, distance running, javelin throwing
iv. Intellectual games – art, drama, music, poetry

VI. Forces disuniting the Greeks
a. First loyalty was to city-state
i. Often fought one another
ii. This disunity eventually allowed the Macedonians to conquer Greece
b. Geography
i. Mountains divided city-states and hindered communication
c. Different types of government
i. Athens – democracy
ii. Sparta – authoritarian and militaristic nature
iii. Also aristocracies, oligarchies, and tyrannies

VII. Greek alphabet
a. Egyptian hieroglyphics ↘
i. Egyptian hieratic (script or cursive) ↘
1. Phoenician ↘
a. Greek ↘
i. Latin (used to write modern English)

VIII. Sparta
a. Spartans conquered Peloponnesians
i. Peloponnesians became slaves, or helots
1. Helots outnumbered Spartans 20 to 1
2. Spartans feared that helots would revolt
3. Spartans became heavily militaristic in response

IX. Life of a Spartan
a. Birth
i. Newborns brought to ephors (elders) for examination
ii. Sickly babies left to die of exposure
iii. Healthy babies
1. Boys lived with their parents until age 7
2. Girls stayed with their parents until marriage, and learned weaving, cooking, and cleaning
b. Age 7
i. Boys sent to military school for strict physical training
ii. Weapons and endurance training
iii. Frequent beatings
iv. Taught basic reading and to be laconic (use brief speech)
c. Age 20
i. Young men became soldiers
ii. Allowed to get married
iii. But lived in the barracks until age 30
d. Age 30
i. These soldiers became citizens
ii. Could vote and could live in their own homes
iii. Remained in the military until age 60

X. Review questions
a. The early Greeks came from where?
b. What archaeologist discovered the remains of Troy?
c. Describe the geography of mainland Greece.
d. What forces united the Greeks?
e. Explain the evolution of the Greek alphabet.
f. Compare the life of a Spartan male with the life of an American male today.

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