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history chapter 5
study cards for Chapter 5 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Minoan Civilization (1750-1500 B.C.) 1 | Culture florished on the island of crete, because of trade w/ Aegean sea, developed a writing system, dissapeared because of invaders or natural disasters. |
| Minoan Civilization 2 | they linked the easter and western civilizations. the diffusion of ideas and technology was carried to Crete and then to Greece. |
| Mycean Civilization (1400-1200 B.C.) 1 | Invaded the Greek mainland established separate city-states and ruled by warrior kings. They learned the art of writing from the minoans. They absorbed sktlls and learning that had originated from Egypt and Mesipotamioa |
| Mycean Civilization 2 | Trojan War: fought between mycean and Troy in Turkey, they were figiting for controll of the Dardenelles and Bosporis (straights connection Mediterranean to sea of Marmar and the black sea. Made money from trade-had economic issue. |
| Mycean Civ. 3 | declined after the war, that was due to Dorian invaders and sea raidors. |
| Age of Homer | Dorian gain control of Greek mainland and established small villages. The trasit poet homer sang his epic poems the iliad and the odyssey. Those were passed down origanally for generations before being writen down. They probide us info. on the values of t |
| Heinrich Schliemann | He proved that the war was true not a legend. |
| Knossos | Site of the place of the Minoan rulers |
| Trojan War | Conflict caused by economic rivalry between the Myceanaeans and Troy. |
| What do the Minoans owe their sucess to? | Trading with other civilizations |
| What do the epics, Iliad and Odyssey reveal? | about the values of ancient Greeks |