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THE MYCENAEANS. ANCIENT GREEK GEOGRAPHY The sea (Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian) is the greatest geographic factor. Sea travel and trade were very important because Greece lacked___________.
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ANCIENT GREEK GEOGRAPHY • The sea (Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian) is the greatest geographic factor. Sea travel and trade were very important because Greece lacked___________. • mountains cover ¾ of ancient Greece. Mountain division = different regions. Community loyalty eventually = city states. • What about population? • moderate temperatures; how does this affect ancient Greek life?
MYCENAENS • Indo-European origins • 2000 BC • fortified city of Mycenae • around 1500 BC, contact made with Minoans • Mycenaeans basically copy Minoan civilization • Minoans= peace and trade; Mycenaeans= war and conquest • Mycenaeans take over Knossus
MYCENAENS • 1200s BC= Trojan War • Fact or fiction? • Heinrich Schliemann (1870s) • Mycenaen civilization mysteriously collapses (Dorians? Sea peoples?) • The Greek Dark Age (1150-750 BC- no written record) • For perhaps the only time in recorded history, an advanced civilization forgot how to write!
MYCENAENS • Enter……..Homer • Iliad and Odyssey (750-700 BC?)
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