Geography
Why is it so hard to travel and farm?
Because of Mountains and rocky areas
What island did they live on?
Crete
When did the Dark Age start?
1100 BCE
What writing system did they use?
Linear B
Whos alphabet did they borrow?
The Phoneicians
Since it was hard to grow grain what did the Greeks grow?
Grapes and Olives
Who was their king?
King Minos
What 2 things stopped?
Writing and Trade
Where Is the Mycenaean's land found?
On the mainland of Greece
The isolated villages grew into?
Cities
No point on mainland Greece is more than _ miles away from the sea
40
What famous system did they use?
Plumbing
People lived in?
Isolated Villages
The Mycenaeans built large?
Fleets of ships
These cities then grew into?
city states
How were the winer and summers in Greece?
Mild winters and hot and sunny summers
What natural disaster killed almost all of them of the Minoans?
A Tsunami
What kept history alive?
Oral tradition
Why did the Mycenaeans fall?
Because of war in the Asia Minor they couldn't trade which caused internal rebellions
The city states were very successful between?
600-500 BCE
The mountains created what many small?
Isolated villages
What writing system did they create?
Linear A
When did the Dark Age end?
800 BCE
What attacked the Mycenaeans?
The Dorians
When did writing start again?
800 BCE