Greek Geography
This geographic feature covered about 75% of Greece and led to isolated villages.
Mountains
This island was the center of the Minoan civilization.
Crete
This athletic ritual involving bulls appears frequently in Minoan art.
Bull-leaping
These leaders ruled villages and eventually became kings in Mycenaean society.
Chieftains
This age followed the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization.
The Dark Age
Because farmland was limited, Greeks relied heavily on this activity across the Mediterranean.
Trade
The earliest civilization in Europe was known by this name.
Minoans
This mysterious clay object covered in symbols was discovered at a palace in Crete.
Phaistos Disk
This was the capital city of the Mycenaean civilization.
Mycenae
The Dark Age lasted roughly between these years.
1100-800 BC
These safe harbors allowed Greek ships to travel and trade easily.
Bays
The Early Minoan Period began around 3200 BC with the arrival of this metal.
Bronze
This famous palace was one of the last standing after the destruction of Minoan palaces.
Knossos
This writing system used by the Mycenaeans is the earliest written form of Greek.
Linear B
The collapse of the Mycenaean civilization marked the end of this age in Greece.
Bronze Age
Two main crops that grew well in Greece’s dry climate.
Grapes and olives
Archaeological evidence shows people living on Crete as early as this year.
3500 BC
Greek gods were described with human emotions and qualities, a concept known as this.
Anthropomorphic
This earlier Greek mainland culture existed before the Mycenaeans.
Early Helladic People
Historians believe Mycenaean civilization collapsed because of natural disasters, foreign attacks, and this.
Internal strife
Because villages were separated by mountains and seas, Greece developed into these political units.
Independent city-states
This mythical king of Crete is connected to the Minotaur myth.
King Minos
Greek mythology originally developed around this time.
15000 BC
This period followed the Early Helladic culture and saw the rise and establishment of the earliest Mycenaeans.
Middle Helladic Period
These two famous literary works were written about the Dark Age by Homer.
The Iliad and The Odyssey