Ancient Greece: people groups and important people

Today in class we took more notes on ancient Greece off of the PowerPoint. Here are some of the key  notes that I took:

  • fertile valleys covered 1/4 of the peninsula only 20% was arable
  • Greek diet: grain, grapes, olives, and fish
  • lack of resources lead to Greek colonization
  • temperatures in Greece were in the mid 40's in the winter and low 80's in the summer- very nice weather made outdoor and active people
  • The Mycenaeans influence began around 2000 BCE and was located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus protected by a 20-foot thick wall
  • Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1100 BCE- controlled trade in the region
  • in 1400 BCE the Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture- cultural diffusion
  • Dorians moved into the worn torn region Mycenae dominating from 1150-750 BCE after a mysterious sea people invade Mycenae and burned palaces
  • Dorians were less advanced, trade-based economy collapsed, and writing disappeared for 400 years
  • Homer was an old blind storyteller who lived at the end of "Greek Dark Ages"
  • he composed epics of Trojan War (750-700 BCE)
  • Iliad and the Odyssey were his most famous
  • some say Homer may have been a mythical creation or he was just that great

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