European Humanities 
Mr. Spragins 
Fall 2011

Western Ancient History in Twenty Minutes: The Age of Mythology

Directions: In a two to three minute presentation either:

• summarize the information on your topic and identify the key idea
• or tell the story of your myth in an imaginative way.
• PowerPoint Guidelines (The Siliciano Rules)

Group One: 

Pre-History: 

• The Big Bang  (see slides 2-3)
• Human Evolution (see slide 5)
• Paleolithic Art (see slides 8-16)

Mesopotamia: 

• The Agricultural Revolution (see slides 17-26, 41)
• Marduk and Tiamet (see slides 29-32, 41)
• Ishtar's Descent into the Underworld (see slide 30, 41)
• Gilgamesh's Search for Immortality (see slides 40-41)
• Hammurabi's Code (see slides 33-37, 41)

Egypt: 

• The Pyramids (see slides 55-65)
• Isis and Osiris (see slides 66-77)

Group Two: 

Crete: 

• The Snake Goddess (see slides 7-22)
• The Bull from the Sea (see slides 7-22)
• Daedalus and Icarus (see slides 7-22)
• Theseus and the Minotaur (see slides 7-22)

Mycenae: 

• The Overthrow of Cronos (see slides 23-42)
• The House of Atreus (see slides 23-42)
• The Judgment of Paris (see slides 23-42)
• The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (see slides 23-42)
• The Murder of Agamemnon (see slides 23-42)
• Orestes and the Furies (see slides 23-42)

Group Three: 

Greece: 

• The Rape of Persephone (see slides 59-68)
• Athena (see slides 69-77)
• Dionysus (see slides 78-92)