Ancient Greece Aegean, Minoan, Mycenaean Civilizations – Trading Societies (environmental determinism) – Conquest (Trojan war) – Joined into single Culture called Hellenes or Greeks – Archaic period Greek City States: Polis – Athens, Sparta (Thebes, Corenthia, Attica, others) • Athens: educated, great thinkers – metics
• Sparta: Warlike, Soldiers, Military Strength – Helots – xenophobic
Beginnings of Democracy – Golden Age
– Began in Athens – Pericles – Not full enfranchisement