Geography
- Mountainous peninsula- mountain covers 3/4
- Location shaped the Greeks culture
- Skilled sailors
- Poor natural resources
- Because of the terrain the Greeks had trouble uniting so small independent communities formed
- Diet was grapes, grains, and mainly olives
- lack of resources led to Greek colonization
- Trees in the area were used for ship building
- Temperature ranged from 45 in the winter to 80 in the summer
Mycenaean
- Began around 2000 B.C.
- Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20ft thick wall
- Kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 B.C. so they controlled trade in the region
- 1400 B.C. the Mycenaean's invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language
Dark Ages
- 1200 B.C. sea people began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace
- Dorian's moved into war-torn region
- Dorian's were far less advanced, economy collapsed, and writing disappeared for 400 years
Homer and Myths
- Stories were passed on by the word of mouth
- Homer lived at the end of the dark ages
- He recorded stories of the Trojan wars in "Iliad" and "The Odyssey" (written in 750-700 B.C.)
- Trojan War was probably one of the last conquests of the myceneaens
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