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Greek History 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mycenaens | People of of Central Asia |
| They moved out of their homeland and did what? | Interacted with locals |
| What did palaces serve as? | Goverment offices |
| Acropolis | Built on top of a hill |
| Swords made out of what? | Bronze |
| They kept good what? | Records |
| How did they collect taxes? | Based on wealth |
| Wealth was considered what? | Wheat Livestock Honey |
| Who did the Mycenaens conqure? | Minoans |
| "Dark Age" | Overseas trade stopped, people lost skills, and poverty increased |
| Large numbers of Greeks flee the What and go to Aegean Sea? | Dorians |
| By 750 B.C the Inoians reintroduced what? | Culture, Crafts, and Skills |
| New Greek Culture | Helensic |
| Ioninans introduced what? | Phoenician alphabet to Greeks |
| Phonencian Alphabet | Limits Greek reading and writing to just 24 Letters |
| The Iliad | A tragedy about the Trojan Prince faling in love with Helen the wife of Myceneans King |
| Homer | A blind poet Composed two most famous Greek Epic Poems |
| The Odyssey | A Epic poem that describes wonderings of Mycenean King and his return to faithful wife 10 Year journey |
| The Iliad and Odyssey Emotions | Love of nature, Husband and Wife, Tender feelings, Loyalty Friends, Strive for excellance, Dignity in life, |
| Polis | City-State |
| Center of Polis | Acropolis |