Unit 10. Greece. Lesson 1: Early Greek history and the Archaic Period

This is the first lesson of a of a new unit: Greece.
The Greek civilisation is at the origin of modern European civilisation and culture. It is very important that we study the Greek origins of a lot of elements that are still part of our life:

• Greek mythology, which has influenced art and literature until modern times.
• Greeks invented the word "history" and history, as a narrative of the past that was independent from myths and religious stories.
• Philosophy is another Greek invention. 
• The Olympic Games.
• Democracy.
• Greek art was the model of all later artistic styles, at least until the 20th century.

This lesson corresponds to pages 160-161 of your book, but I have also included some information that is not in your book, about the Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations of the 2nd millennium BC.
This is the presentation. The part about the second millennium (slides 3 to 7) is indicated as extra content.



I have recorded my comments in two parts, just in case you want to skip the first part about the Minoan and Mycenaean periods.