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Explains Homeric epics, Greek colonies across the Mediterranean, and the roles of language, religion, and the Olympic Games. Contrasts forces uniting Greeks with disuniting pressures, then details Spartan life, Athenian democratic reforms from Draco through Pericles, and the Persian Wars’ significance for Greek leadership and later prosperity.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":15,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-glory-that-was-greece-read-online-free/613286/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-glory-that-was-greece-read-online-free/613286.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Putri","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation","2026-10-22","2026-10-19",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":14},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What background do the early Greeks have before settling in Greece?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The early Greeks are described as Hellenes—Indo-European nomads—including Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian tribes. Their migration is given as occurring around 1400–1000 B.C.E. from the Black Sea and Danube regions into areas that became modern-day Greece and Turkey.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How did Greece’s geography affect political development?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Mountains and irregular coastlines hindered communication and unification. This encouraged growth of independent city-states, while seas and seaports promoted trade; poor farmland forced people to trade for needed goods.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What were the key reforms in the development of Athenian democracy?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The text traces democracy through several reforms: Draco’s written laws (621 B.C.E.), Solon’s restructuring that helped the poor and ended debt enslavement (594 B.C.E.), and reforms under Clisthenes (508 B.C.E.) expanding the Assembly and creating a Council of 500. 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                            www.studenthandouts.com\nThe Early Greeks\nHellenes – Indo-European nomads – Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian tribes\nCirca 1400-1000 B.C.E. – migration from Black Sea and Danube regions → modern-day Greece and Turkey\nConquered Cretans and other natives\nCirca 1000 B.C.E. – controlled Greece, some of Asia Minor, and Aegean islands\nThe Age of Homer\nCirca 1000 B.C.E.-circa 750 B.C.E.\nGreece’s “Dark Ages” – little information known\nIliad and Odyssey\nTroy discovered by Heinrich Schliemann\nPeople – farmers, traders, and warriors\nCrops and livestock – cattle, grapes, olives, sheep, wheat\nThe Age of Homer\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nHomer\nSchliemann\nThe Geography of Greece\nMountains\nHindered communication and unification\nCaused growth of independent city-states\nSeas and seaports\nPeninsula with irregular coastline\nSeaports encouraged development of trade\nPoor farmland\nFew crops could be grown\nForced to trade\nBecame leading traders of Aegean and eastern Mediterranean\nGreece’s Colonies\nCirca 800-600 B.C.E.\nColonized areas around the Mediterranean – Italy’s west coast (Naples), Sicily (Syracuse), southern France (Marseilles), Egypt, Byzantium (Constantinople/Istanbul)\nSpread Greek culture, language, religion\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nGreece and the Greek Colonies\nForces Uniting the Greeks\nForces Uniting the Greeks\nForces Uniting the Greeks\nGreek Language and Alphabet\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nGreek Religion\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nOlympic Games\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nForces Disuniting the Greeks\nSparta\nSpartans conquered Peloponnesians\nPeloponnesians became slaves, or helots\nHelots outnumbered Spartans 20 to 1\nSpartans feared that helots would revolt\nSpartans became heavily militaristic in response\nThe Life of a Spartan\nReview Questions\nThe early Greeks came from where?\nWhat archaeologist discovered the remains of Troy?\nDescribe the geography of mainland Greece.\nWhat forces united the Greeks?\nExplain the evolution of the Greek alphabet.\nCompare the life of a Spartan male with the life of an American male today.\nDemocracy\nDemos (“people”) + kratein (“to rule”)\nDemocracy developed through various reforms over 200 years (circa 620s B.C.E.-420 B.C.E.)\nDraco\nSolon\nClisthenes\nPericles\nAthens and Athenian Democracy\nDraco\nAthenian noble\n621 B.C.E. – credited with putting down first written laws of Athens\nSevere (modern English term draconian meaning “severe” or “harsh”)\nWritten “in blood, not ink”\nWritten laws meant that judges could not show favoritism or make up laws\nSolon\n594 B.C.E. – rewrote Draco’s laws\nHelped the poor\nAll citizens could participate in the legislature\nEnded debt enslavement\nCanceled land mortgages\nLimited amount of land a person could own\nClisthenes\n508 B.C.E.\nEnlarged Athenian Assembly and increased its powers\nCreated Council of 500 to represent the different classes\nCreated and administered laws after they were approved by Assembly\nOfficials were elected\nExecutive power\nTen generals called strategi (singular strategus)\nElected for one year\nCitizenship granted to some freedmen (former slaves) and to some immigrants\nOstracism\nNames written on ostrakon (piece of broken potsherd) once a year\nMost votes = ten years of exile\nPericles\n“Golden Age of Pericles” – 461-429 B.C.E.\nRepeatedly elected as a strategus\nAll citizens could hold public office\nPeople were paid for government service\n“Golden Age of Pericles” also saw developments in art and architecture\nAthens’ adult population: Circa 300,000\n150,000 foreigners and slaves (not citizens)\n100,000 women and others\n50,000 male citizens with voting rights\nDirect democracy – the citizen had to be there to vote (typically 5","cbCaitWEfa7lP2J3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitWEfa7lP2J3","pptx",6892903,55,"English","# The Early Greeks\n## The Age of Homer\n## The Geography of Greece\n## Greece’s Colonies\n## Greece and the Greek Colonies\n## Forces Uniting the Greeks\n# Forces Disuniting the Greeks\n## The Life of a Spartan\n## Democracy\n## Athens and Athenian Democracy\n# Persian Wars and Their Significance","[{\"question\":\"What background do the early Greeks have before settling in Greece?\",\"answer\":\"The early Greeks are described as Hellenes—Indo-European nomads—including Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian tribes. 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