Vocabulary

1. Mycenaean-people who settled in the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
2. Trojan War- a war around 1200B.C in which an army led by Mycenaean kings attacked the independent trading city of troy in Anatolia.
3. Dorian- Greek speaking people that migrated to mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean Civilization.
4. Homer-A blind storyteller who passed on the history of Greece
5. epic- a long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of legendary or traditional heroes
6. myth- A traditional story about, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of society.

Greece

• In 3000B.C., the Minoans lived on the large Greek island of Crete and created a elegant civilization that had great power in the Mediterranean world.
• Ancient Greece was mainly a mountainous peninsula jutting out of the sea.
• There were also 2000 islands on the Ionian and Aegean Sea.
• The Aegean sea, Ionian Sea, and Black sea were very important for transportation
• Mountains separated many regions of Greece
• Greeks developed small, independent communities within each mountain valley
• only small parts of Greece were farm-able
• Greece had 48 degree weather in the winter and 80 degrees in the summer.
• Mycenaean settled in the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
• The name for their leading city is Mycenae.
• It was surrounded by a wall 20 feet thick
• Strong rulers controlled Mycenae cities, such as Tiryns and Athens.
• These kings controlled Greece from about 1600-1100B.C.