MINOANS, MYCENEANS AND EARLY GREECE

A. Geographical and Climactic Influences

B. Early Aegean Civilizations

1. Minoan Civilization (2600-1250 B.C.).

2. Mycenean Civilization (18001100 B.C.).

C. Early Greece (1100-500):

1. The Dark Ages of Greece (1100-800).

2. Archaeic Greece (800-500 B.C.).

3. The Development of the Polis.

4. Sparta.

5. Athens.

D. Classical Greece:

1. The Persian Wars.

2. Athenian-Spartan Rivalry.

3. The Peloponnesian War (431404 B.C.).

4. The Decline of Greek CityStates.