Geography
What are the 4 seas surrounding Ancient Greece?
The Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Aegean Sea.
Who led the original Minoans?
King Minos
Who did the Mycenaeans learn from?
The Minoans
Who caused the Dark Age to happen and took over the Mycenaeans?
The Dorians
Why were the Dorians able to conquer the Mycenaeans?
The Mycenaeans were weak from internal conflict which made them easier to take over
What city-states in Greece were surrounded by mountains?
Sparta, Mycenae, Thebes and Delphi
The years between 2000 BCE and 1400 BCE were called what?
The Minoan Age
What did the Mycenaeans build a fleet of ships for?
Trade and War
What times did the Dark Age last from?
1100 to 800 BCE
What kind of government did the Dorians have?
They had an oligarchy
What were the coastal city-states in Greece?
Corinth, Knossos, Marathon and Athens
Minoans were great what?
Sailors and builders
What was their system of writing called
Linear B
When writing and trade stopped, how did the people keep history alive?
Oral tradition
What was the lifestyle of the Dorians?
They were semi-nomadic
What did the hilly terrain of Greece let them grow very easily?
Grapes and Olives
What were the colorful murals that decorated their walls called?
Frescoes
What time is known as the Mycenaean Age
1400 BCE to 1100 BCE
What time did the Dorians take over the Mycenaeans?
1150 BCE
How many resources did the Dorians leave the Mycenaeans with after they moved on?
Little to none
What island lies south of Greece?
Crete
What disaster made the Minoans weak and vulnerable?
A tidal wave that hit after a volcanic eruption
What was the cause of the end of the Mycenaeans?
Not enough materials for weapons so they slowly destroyed each other for the weapons
Where did the Mycenaeans flee to after the Dorians took them over and why?
The woods because the Dorians left them with nearly no resources and they didn't want the Dorians to find them
Where did the Dorians originally come from?
Macedonia