The Historical Development and Background of the Greek World:

1. From The Pre-Historic to Ancient Periods of Human Existence - Development, Migration, Settlement
   1. The Stone Age -
      1. Paleolythic (45,000 - 9000 BCE) - advanced stone tools

      2. Mesolithic (c. 9000 - c. 8000 BCE) - bow, sling, cutting tools

      3. Neolithic (c. 8000 - c. 3000 BCE) - agriculture, emergance of the first city-states, copper smelting

   2. The Bronze Age -
      1. Early Bronze (c. 3000 - c. 2000 BCE) - Egyptian Pyramids, rise of Sumerian Culture, Ebla I, rise of Minoan Culture

      2. Middle Bronze (c. 2000 - c. 1500 BCE) - Palestine-Patriarchal Period, Ebla II, First Babylonian Empire-Hammurabi's Code

      3. Late Bronze (c. 1500 - c. 1200 BCE) - The rise of Mycenaean Culture, Trojan War, Hittite Empire of Asia Minor, Assyrian Empire of Mesopotamia

   3. The Iron Age -
      1. Early Iron (c. 1200 - c. 900 BCE) - decline of Minoan, Mycenaean, Egyptian and Hittite cultures, Phoenician migrations

      2. Middle Iron (c. 900 - c. 600 BCE) - Second Babylonian Empire, rise of Greek Culture-Homer

      3. Late Iron (c. 600 - c. 300 BCE) - Medo-Persian Empire, the apex of Greek Culture

2. The Genesis of Civilization - The Great Change (The Neolithic Period c. 8000 BCE)
   1. Geography - The River Valley
      1. Egypt - The Nile River

      2. Mesopotamia - The Tygris and Uphrates Rivers

      3. China - The Yellow River

   2. The Agricultural Revolution - Domestication/Settlement
      1. Animals -
         1. Oxen
         2. Pigs
         3. Sheep
         4. Horses

      2. Cerials -
         1. Barley
         2. Rye
         3. Wheat
         4. Sorghum
         5. Grapes
         6. Olives

   3. Byproducts of the Agricultural Revolution - Civilization
      1. The City

      2. Counting/Mathematics

      3. Writing

      4. Social Stratification

3. An Overview of Greek History -
   1. The Hellenic Bronze Age:
      1. Minoan/Cycladic Culture (c. 3000-1125 BCE)

      2. Mycenaean Culture (c. 1600-1000 BCE)

   2. The Hellenic Iron Age:
      1. The Dark Age (c. 1000-750 BCE) - The Birth and Expansion of Ancient Greece

      2. The Archic Period (c. 750-479 BCE) - Language, Literature, and Science

      3. The Classical Period (479-336 BCE) - The Cultural Center of the World

      4. The Hellenistic Period (336-30 BCE) - From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra VII

4. The Dark Age and the Birth of Ancient Greece (c. 1000-750 BCE) -
   1. The Collapse of Mycenaean Civilization

   2. The Re-organization of Hellenic Culture -
      1. Art (Proto-Geometric to Geometric)

      2. Politics (village and clan identification)

      3. Economics (agricultural)

   3. The Beginning of Greek Colonialism

5. The Archic Period: A Culture Reborn (c. 750-479 BCE) -
   1. Language - Homeric Greek (The Phonecian Script)

   2. Economics (the re-emergance of trade)

   3. Politics (the emergence of the polis and citizenship)

   4. Religion (the emergence of the Greek pantheon)

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