People
German archaeologist who discovered Mycenae and named those people the Mycenaeans.
Heinrich Schliemann
The center of each polis, generally used for defense against enemies.
the Acropolis
Describe the process of "parent" city trading.
Colonies traded goods to their parent city on the Greek mainland such as grains, metals, fish, slaves and timber in return for wine, olive oil, and pottery.
What two locations did the Greeks create colonies between 750-550 BC?
Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; the new territory itself.
Colony/Colonies
British archaeologist who discovered the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete.
Arthur Evans
What is the agora and what was its purpose?
The agora was a marketplace in ancient Greece where Greeks discussed political matters.
What important idea did the Greeks adopt from the Phoenicians?
24 letter alphabet
Why do they call the period when the Dorians ruled Greece the "Dark Age"?
People stop selling goods/Make enough food for just their families/Stop reading and writing/Poor people.
A Greek city-state.
Polis
Dorians
This peninsula was located east of the Greek mainland in modern-day Turkey.
Anatolia
Describe the specialization of products in ancient Greece.
For example, if a colony has sheep they specialize in wool cloth.
What caused the Minoan civilization to collapse? Please give at least one theory.
Underwater earthquakes cause large waves which destroy Minoan civilization/Mycenaeans conquer Minoan civilization.
A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece.
Agora
People who lived on the island of Crete.
Minoans
This island was located southeast of the Greek mainland and was home to the Minoans.
Crete
What did the Greeks begin using to trade with instead of bartering?
Money/Metal coins
In 2000 BC, which people moved from central Asia into the Greek mainland?
the Mycenaeans
A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows.
Phalanx
These people ran away from the Dorians and mainland Greece. They later returned and their name means "Greek".
Hellenes
This sea is located between the Greek mainland and Anatolia. It contains hundreds of small islands.
Aegean Sea
What important ideas did the Mycenaens adopt from the Minoans? (at least 2 required)
Bronze working/pottery/navigating using sun and stars/adopted Earth Mother god.
Please discuss why Greek city-states were so fiercely independent from each other.
Greek city-states were isolated from each other due to large mountains and deep valleys. Therefore, they did not interact with each other often and developed their own ideas/cultures.
A storyteller
Bard