Approximately 20% suitable for farming
Fertile valleys cover ¼ of peninsula
Mycenaean’s began around 2000bc
Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20ft
thick wall
Mycenae kings dominated Greece from 1600 – 2000bc
Controlled all trade in the region
Mediterranean – Middle of the earth
1400bc Mycenaean’s invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture
and language
Around in 1200bc Sea people began to invade Mycenae and
burnt palace after palace
The Dorian’s moved into the war – torn region
-Far less advanced
-Economy collapsed
-Writing disappeared for 400 years
Myths
Stories were passed on by the word of mouth
Homer lived at the end of the Greek dark ages
Recorded stories of the Trojan War in The lliad and the
Odyssey
Written 750 – 700bc
Trojan War was probably one of the last conquest of the
Mycenaean’s
Odyssey was 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter
Greece is the reason where the United States is today
because are law came from Greece and most buildings are based off of Ancient Greek
buildings
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