Vocab
This is another word for Greeks
What is Hellenes?
This was the most important goddess to the minoans
Who is Mother Nature?
Where did the Mycenaeans come from before settling in Greece?
What is Southern Russia?
In what modern day country did the first Greek colony start in?
What is Turkey?
Cutting steps inot hillsides to create more flat farmland
What is terrace farming?
This was the first Greek colony
What is Ionia?
Name 3 crops the Minoans grew?
What is wheat, grapes, and olives?
What were 2 things that led to the "Dark Age" for the Mycenaeans?
What is Civl Wars and the Dorian Invasions?
This led to the settlements of Greece being very isolated?
What is it being mountainous and seas?
A settlement under the control of a distant county/power
What is a colony?
This group invaded the Mycenaeans bringing on a dark age
What is Dorians?
This was the world's first important seafaring civilization
What is the Minoans?
What were 3 things that happened to the Mycenaeans during the dark ages?
What is stopped all trade, forgot to read and write, and crafting skills were lost?
Greek civilization grew from a combination of what 2 earlier groups?
What is Minoans and Mycenaeans?
Land surrounded on 3 sides by water
What is a peninsula?
Large island in the Mediterranean
What is Crete?
Where did Minoan civilization begin?
What is Crete?
Name two famous poems written by Homer about the Trojan War?
What is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?
What was the main cause of war between the settlements?
What is shortage of good farmland?
Person who grows only enough food to survive
What is a subsistence farmer?
One of the largest cities on Crete
What is Knossos?
Name two ways that Minoan cities were different from others of the time period?
What is they had a palace at the center instead of a temple and it was not surrounded by water?
Name two things the Mycenaeans learned from the Minoan traders that visited them?
What is ship building and navigations?
These were key to spreading Greek culture throughout the Ancient World?
What is Colonies?
Wars between groups of citizens
What is civil wars?