Ancient Greek Civilization- The Incredible Rise and Fall of a Nation without a Name by Jennifer Wood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw A Timeline of Events en-us 2020-11-10 23:34:10 UTC 2023-06-03 04:47:44 UTC hello@padlet.com 2000 BCE Before the Ancient Greeks- Minoan and Cretan Civilization was flourishing in the Mediterranean jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911032796 The foundations of a highly civilized culture were established by this fascinating civilization; from architecture, art, entertainment to writing and trade, a rich and complex way of life was ripe for the picking when the Ancient Greeks found their way there centuries later]]> 2020-11-11 00:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911032796 1600 BCE Largest Volcanic Eruption in European History in Thera- Beginning of Cretan Cultural Destruction jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911037269 This natural disaster wiped out most of the Cretans and their Minoan civilizations, leaving opportunity for new conquerors from the north to invade; yet, the backbones of the vulnerable cultures remained, ruins and remnants, fragments and pieces of their way of life were preserved. ]]> 2020-11-11 00:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911037269 1601 BCE The Achaeans, Dorians, Danaans, Argives, Hellenes-collectively the first "Ancient Greeks"- arrive in the Mediterranean, replacing the Minoans jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911043125 These tribal invasive groups were not peaceful, but did utilize the cultural foundations and structures of the Minoan culture they found in the territories they invaded. . . smart indeed.]]> 2020-11-11 00:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911043125 @1400 BCE "First Cities" of "Ancient Greece" appear: Thebes, Athens, Mycenae, Pylos, civilizations that had fully "appropriated" or absorbed the Minoan Culture jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911047224 After a few hundred years, the "Ancient Greeks" who invaded the Minoan territories forgot the Cretan culture ever pre-dated them, completely absorbing their ways of life; their once tribal, loose territories became more formalized as they developed powerful, denser city-states]]> 2020-11-11 00:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911047224 1200 BC Trojan War jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911049050 The ancient Greeks were aggressively seeking new lands and trade; they owned the sea trade; they were conquerors- and this war in modern day Turkey would be one of their last, great victories before the dark ages. Of course, this is the famous battle that Homer recalls in famous epic The Iliad.]]> 2020-11-11 00:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911049050 600 BCE trade was greatly facilitated by the construction of specialised merchant ships jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911050493 These ships would help bring the blighted former Greek cultures back to life again]]> 2020-11-11 00:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911050493 1100- 800 BC-Homer and Practice of Oral Storytelling Tradition jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911068471 During the dark ages, Homer and other "bards" kept the ancient Greek's cultural story and identity alive through the oral tradition of the great epics- these poetic, stories embodied and preserved their life style, religion, ethics, values, dreams, and fears]]> 2020-11-11 00:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911068471 776 First Olympic Games jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911074393 One example of the creative life of the ancient Greeks was the organization of the elaborate "games." The competitions and games introduced by the Cretans would now be formalized into a sacred ancient Greek celebration and tradition that the world still honors today.]]> 2020-11-11 00:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911074393 @700 B.C. The Ancient Greeks adopted the Phoenican alphabet jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911087726 Eventually the  "fog" lifted and ancient Greeks started writing again after "borrowing" fundamentals of the Phoenician alphabet; this innovation triggered profound recovery and development of ancient Greek Culture and civilization]]> 2020-11-11 00:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911087726 700 B.C.E. The fullest and most important source of Greek myths and the origins of the gods found in Theogony of Hesiod jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911092352 With the ability to write, came the ability to record their belief systems and religions in great detail- Hesiod's poem contain the greatest details about mythology; transcripts added great authority over cultural practices and social identities- what it meant to be Greek was stabilizing and flourishing]]> 2020-11-11 00:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911092352 534 B.C. First Dionysian Drama/Theatre Festival Held in Ancient Greece jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911097031 2020-11-11 00:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911097031 461 - 404 BC Peloponnesian War, or the Civil War between Sparta and Athens jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911103553 2020-11-11 00:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911103553 447 BC Construction of Parthenon, the largest and most lavish temple the Greek mainland had ever seen jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911105203 2020-11-11 00:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911105203 300 AD Oldest Written Record of Homer's Epics jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911106584 2020-11-11 00:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911106584 @146 BC Roman Invasion of "Greece" jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911107998 All great things must come to an end. The Romans, much like the Greeks, were conquerors and absorbed vast amounts of Greek culture]]> 2020-11-11 01:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911107998 Sources jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911114579 2020-11-11 01:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911114579 Sources jenniferawood https://padlet.com/jenniferawood/oi8gawvem4qmpwpw/wish/911207077 Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia Foundation, 2020. 
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