Warm Up• The ability to make pottery was an

important technological development in early human societies. When archaeologists dig at the site of an early human community, they find many pottery pieces known as shards.

• What remains of our civilization do you think archaeologists will find hundreds or even thousands of years from now? Why is archaeology sometimes described as “looking at other people’s garbage”?

Warm up• The elephant has held an important position in

Indian tradition for thousands of years. According to Indian belief, the wife of the great god Shiva produced a son from her own sweat and named him Ganesha. Ganesha was to guard his mother’s door. When he denied entrance to Shiva, the god had Ganesha’s head cut off. His mother searched around for a suitable replacement and found a baby elephant's head. Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, is considered a remover of obstacles and a bringer of good fortune. Many homes and businesses in India have a statue of Ganesha.

• In a couple a sentences, explain the difference between Hinduism, India’s oldest religion, and Buddhism, a religion founded in the sixth century B.C.E.

Classical Greece

2000 B.C.-300 B.C.

Where is Greece?

• Sunny Greece is 1,500 miles from England.

• It’s capital city is Athens

Geography

• Mountainous peninsula and approximately 1,400 islands

• Physical geography shaped Greek traditions and culture

Sea

• Shaped Greek civilization just as rivers shaped ancient civilizations of Egypt, Fertile Crescent, India, & China.

• Aegean, Ionian, and Black Sea transportation routes.

Land

• Rugged mountains cover 3/4ths of Greece.

• Difficult to unit Greece under one government.

• 20% suitable for farming• Small independent communities

developed• Greece never able to support a large

pop.• Diet—staple crops grains, grapes, and

olives.

Mycenaean

• Indo-Europeans migrated and settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.

• Mycenae located on steep rocky ridge surround by a protective wall up to 20 ft. thick.

• Influential and militaristic rulers controlled

• Kings dominated Greece

Culture and Trade

• Describe the reason behind the immense well of the warrior kings.

• Discuss the differences between classes

• Explain the value of seaborne trade.

• What adaptations did the Mycenaean use and how was the civilization preserved?

The Trojan War

• Describe the events of the Trojan War.

Greek Culture

• Explain why the culture declined.

• Describe the group of people that prompted the decline.

Homer and Myths

• Discuss the relevance of both.

• Describe each in detail