Western Civilization Class Two 11.pptVIP

Western Civilization;Early Greece during the Bronze Age (Ca. 2000-1100 BCE);Cretan and Cycladic Culture begins Ca. 3000 BCE ;Palace at Knossos built from 2200-1500 BCE;Mycenaean Civilization (Ca. 1600-1100 BCE);Greek Expansion and the Trojan War (Ca. 1600-1100 BCE);Linear B Script example (Ca. 1200 BCE);Dorian Invasion Dark Ages of Greece;Greek Renaissance (800-600 BCE);Archaic and Classical Greece Ca. 800-400 BCE;Art of Greek Renaissance;Political Development;Invasions of Persian Empire (499-479 BCE);;Wars of Fifth Century BCE (479-404);The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE);430s BCE - Athens demands tribute, hostages from allies 430 - Sparta’s Peloponnesian League declares war on Athenian Empire 431-421 - Archidamian War (Archidamus one king of Sparta) 430 - Plague hits Athens 429 - Pericles dies 421 - Peace of Nicias signed (Nicias - Athenian general) 421-415 - “Suspicious Truce.” Athens sacks Melos in 416 415 - Athens defeated aiding Segesta in war with Syracuse after Alcibiades defects to Spartan side 405-404 - Athens defeated after Spartan general, Lysander captures Athenian fleet at Aegospotami 403 - Democracy restored to Athens. Neither Athens or Sparta are great powers ever again.;Classical Greek Culture (Ca. 500-323 BCE);Philosophy;Rise of Macedonia;Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE);Art of Classical Greece Hellenistic Age;Athena victorious (Nike) at Samothrace (220-190 BCE);Legacy of Alexander the Great;The Hellenistic Age (323-30 BCE);New Artists, Philosophers, religions;Greek sculptors become with less-idealized, more naturalistic styles of sculpture “The Pugilist at Rest” – Roman naturalistic statue (Second C. BCE)