• Crucible: a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
• greeks invented a new government
• democracy

Geograhpy of Greece

• Mountainous peninsula
• mountains cover 3/4 of greece
• thats why they are seprate from each other.
• approximately 1400 islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas
• never more than 70 miles from the coastline
• expert rowers
• maintained great navys
• know there way around the sea
• Poor natural resources
• only 20% of greece is suitable for farming
• fertile valleys cover 1/4 of peninsua
• lack of resources most likely led to greek colonization
• diet consisted of grains, grapes, olives
• made soap out of olives
• don't grow everywhere
• used for cooking
• traded it
• good for health and economy
• Location shaped its culture
• difficult to unite the ancient greeks because of the terrain; developed small, independent communities
• temperatures range from 48 in the winter to 80 in the summer

Mycenaeans

• began around 2000 bc
• mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protexted by a 20 ft. thick wall
• mycenaean kings dominated greece from 1600-1200 bc
• controlled trade in the region
• 1400 bc myceneans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language

Culture in Decline

• around 1200 bc sea people began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace
• the Dorians moved into the war-torn region
• far less advanced
• economy collapsed
• writing disappeared for 400 years

Homer and Myths

• Only stories were kept and passed on by word of mouth
• homer lived at the end of the "greek dark ages"
• recorded stories of the Trojan War in The IIiad and The Odyssey (written 750-700 b.c.)
• Trojan war was probably one of the last conquests of the Mycenaeans
• homer was
• blind
• poor

Greek Concepts

• arete
• virute and excellence
• do things the best you can
• epics
• narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
• ties in with arete
• myths were created to explain creation
• Zeus: leader of the Gods
• Hera: Zeus' wife
• Athena: goddess of wisdom

• Life expantacy was 15 years
• Greece was divided into countless tiny stats called county states
• Sparta had military power
• coats were died red to hide their victims blood
• Sparta had controlled more that 4,000 sqm
• greece is in the middle of ancient civilizations
• bounded on the east by the persian empire, on the osuth egypt, on the west the romans and ruskans
• athenian potters began to develop a whole new design
• worth millions of dollars
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Today in class we looked at some peoples power point presentation thing. They were all really good! Mr schick also read the book in order to which PowerPoint was coming up next.

today in class mr schicj read us a story for a little bit. Then he showed us this PowerPoint like thing project that we were to work on. It was in googledocs. It was really cool because it was like a group PowerPoint and we could go into other peoples slides! It was really fun

Today in class we took a test and then i had a guidance appointment with mr. hensley. i think i did good on this test

Friday in class, we had 2 subs for the beginning of the class, and then Mr. Schick came in. While we had the subs, we went over the prezi. When Mr.Schick came in, he went over it in more detail.

Yesterday in class Mr. Schick wasn't here because he is in the play, so we had a sub. I finished and went over the Prezi he made.

• Egyptian life is centered around the nile river.
• Delta- triangular area of great soil
• water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, for traveling
• every July it floods
• every October it leaves behind rich soil.
• figured out a solar based day
• lunar based month
• solar based year
• flows from south to north
• managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation

1. Pharoah
2. government officials
3. soldiers
4. scribes
5. merchants
6. artisans
7. farmers
8. slaves and servants

• slaves/servants helped the wealthy with the household and childraising duties
• farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefitted from irigation of the Nile
• guys would wear eye makeup if they could afford it to protect their eyes from the sun. like football players. reduces glare
• artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the after life

Today in class I had to make up a test, so i wan't really in the classroom that much. When i came back, they were reviewing the test.

Essay for test

It is very important to have a food surplus. When you have a food surplus you don’t have to worry as much about having food for the upcoming days. Also, you don’t have to have all of your workers working on farming.

When you have a food surplus you don’t have to worry as much about having food for the upcoming days.  Many small villages or civilizations would often worry about having food for the upcoming week to feed everyone. They would then have to work harder to make sure they have enough. When they do have a surplus they don’t have to worry anymore which removes some stress from them.

When you have a surplus of food, you don’t have to have all of your workers working on farming. Some of your workers may know other traits and could help with hunting or something else. This can be very helpful because you can get ahead in whatever they helped in.

In conclusion, it is very helpful to have a food surplus. You can get ahead in other parts such as advancing your village. You also don’t have to worry about having food so it makes your day a lot easier. I think that it is very good to have a food surplus.