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Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea

Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea. Vocab 5.1. Mycenaean Civilization. The late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC. The Mycenaean civilization can be seen as a forerunner to classical A ncient Greece. . Trojan War.

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Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea

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  1. Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea Vocab 5.1

  2. Mycenaean Civilization • The late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC. • The Mycenaean civilization can be seen as a forerunner to classical Ancient Greece.

  3. Trojan War • A great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by a Trojan Prince; after ten years the Greeks achieved victory and burned Troy to the ground.

  4. Homer • Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets.

  5. Myth • A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

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