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Chapter 5 Bronze Age Cities Significant Greek contributions begin in 1700 B.C. At this time the group involved are the Mycenaeans. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey describe the exploits of the Mycenaeans. The Mycenaenans attacked the city of Troy in the 13 th C. B.C. from Crete.
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Significant Greek contributions begin in 1700 B.C. At this time the group involved are the Mycenaeans. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey describe the exploits of the Mycenaeans. The Mycenaenans attacked the city of Troy in the 13th C. B.C. from Crete. Crete is the largest island in the Aegean. The Mycenaeans conquered Crete in 1450 B.C. The Cretans spoke a language called Linear A which is still undeciphered. Crete was a connector between the Greek coastland and Egypt and Mesopotamia.
ASIA MINOR Asia minor is the homeland of European civilization (Turkey) This is a land bridge with water on 3 sides (See figure 5.1 in book) Toward the end of the 3rd millenium B.C. an Indo-European people came into the region from the West. They mingled with the indigenous people and formed a single state out of the scattered Neolithic villages. These people are called HITTITES and their capital is Hattusas (near Ankara, Turkey) The HITTITE state was a great imperial power between 1600 and 1200 B.C. They had large cities with paved roads, drainage channels monumental public buildings. To the southeast was the kingdom of ASSYRIA. To the southwest was EGYPT.
