Geography
What city states lay along the coast?
Knossos,Athens,Marathon and Cornith
how did the end of minoan happen?
a tidal wave came
What was their system of writing called?
Linear B
These people ere the most successful traders and shipbuilders in the Mediterranean
Phoenicians
isolated villages grew into developed...
cities
Which city states lay in the midst of mountians?
Sparta,Mycenae and thebes
What is the system of writing called that the Minoans developed?
Linear A.
The time period known as the Mycenaean Age.
What is 1100 BCE to 800 BCE?
who Lived on the coast of modern day Lebanon
Pheonicians
known as the age of
Expansion
what two items were abundantly grown in Greece of hilly terrain?
Grapes and olives
Finish this sentence: "They were also great...."
Sailors
This tradition kept history alive.
What is oral tradition?
warlike people , famed for their cruelty who are they?
Asssyrians
what were the successful years for these city states
600 to 500 BCE
what island lays to the southwest mainland Greece?
Crete
What are two examples of their fine art work?
Carved statues and metal bowls.
One of their great naval accomplishments.
What is the building of a large fleet of ships?
from these people the Greeks acquired wheat,salt,hides and slaves
scythians
sometimes groups others ...
fought in wars
what are seas surround greece name three
Ionian,Mediterranean,Adriatic and Aegean
First major civilization started on this island.
What is Crete?
Cause of the end of the Mycenaean Age.
What is the Dark Age?
from these people the Greeks acquired goods like papyrus, fine ,linen,wine and grains
Egyptians
what were the walls decorated with Minoan
colorful murals and frescues