Cultures of the Mountains and Sea
1.Some of the people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C. were later known as Mycenaeans.
2.For many years, historians thought that the legendary stories told of the Trojan War were totally fictional. However, excavations conducted in northwestern Turkey during the 1870s by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann sug- gested that the stories of the Trojan War might have been based on real cities, people, and events.
3.Not long after the Trojan War, Mycenaean civilization collapsed. Around 1200 B.C. sea raiders attacked and burned many Mycenaean cities. According to tradition, a new group of people, the Dorians , moved into the war-torn countryside. The Dorians spoke a dialect of Greek and may have been distant relatives of the Bronze Age Greeks.
4.5.Epics of Homer Lacking writing, the Greeks of this time learned about their history through the spoken word. According to tradition, the greatest storyteller was a blind man named Homer. Little is known of his personal life. Some historians believe that Homer composed his epics, narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, sometime between 750 and 700 B.C. The Trojan War forms the backdrop for one of Homer’s great epic poems, the Iliad.
6.Greeks Create Myths The Greeks developed a rich set of myths, or traditional stories, about their gods. The works of Homer and another epic, Theogony by Hesiod, are the source of much of Greek mythology.
2.I think "stone relief panel of Democracy crowning Athens" is the most important. It represents the democratic system of Athens and influences the lives of Athenians.
3. What impact did nearness to the sea have on the development of Greece?The Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the neighboring Black Sea were important transportation routes for the Greek people. These seaways linked most parts of Greece. As the Greeks became skilled sailors, sea travel connected Greece with other societies. Sea travel and trade were also important because Greece lacked natural resources, such as timber, precious metals, and usable farmland.
4. What aspects of culture did the Mycenaeans adopt from the Minoans?
Contact with Minoans Sometime after 1500 B.C., through either trade or war, the Mycenaeans came into contact with the Minoan civilization. From their contact with the Minoans, the Mycenaeans saw the value of seaborne trade. Mycenaean traders soon sailed throughout the eastern Mediterranean, making stops at Aegean islands, coastal towns in Anatolia, and ports in Syria, Egypt, Italy, and Crete. The Minoans also influenced the Mycenaeans in other ways. The Mycenaeans adapted the Minoan writing system to the Greek language and decorated vases with Minoan designs. The Minoan influenced culture of Mycenae formed the core of Greek religious practice, art, politics, and literature. Indeed, Western civilization has its roots in these two early Mediterranean civilizations.
5. Why were the epics of importance to the Greeks of the Dorian period?
No written record exists from the 400-year period between 1150 and 750 B.C. As a result, little is known about this period of Greek history. Epics of Homer Lacking writing, the Greeks of this time learned about their
history through the spoken word. According to tradition, the greatest storyteller was a blind man named Homer. Little is known of his personal life. Some historians believe that Homer composed his epics, narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, sometime between 750 and 700 B.C. The Trojan War forms the backdrop for one of Homer’s great epic poems, the Iliad.
6. How did the physical geography of Greece cause Greek-speaking peoples to develop separate, isolated communities?
Because there were so many mountains, the Greeks separated into communities and because it was hard to travel between the mountains, people would stay in their own communities
2.For many years, historians thought that the legendary stories told of the Trojan War were totally fictional. However, excavations conducted in northwestern Turkey during the 1870s by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann sug- gested that the stories of the Trojan War might have been based on real cities, people, and events.
3.Not long after the Trojan War, Mycenaean civilization collapsed. Around 1200 B.C. sea raiders attacked and burned many Mycenaean cities. According to tradition, a new group of people, the Dorians , moved into the war-torn countryside. The Dorians spoke a dialect of Greek and may have been distant relatives of the Bronze Age Greeks.
4.5.Epics of Homer Lacking writing, the Greeks of this time learned about their history through the spoken word. According to tradition, the greatest storyteller was a blind man named Homer. Little is known of his personal life. Some historians believe that Homer composed his epics, narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, sometime between 750 and 700 B.C. The Trojan War forms the backdrop for one of Homer’s great epic poems, the Iliad.
6.Greeks Create Myths The Greeks developed a rich set of myths, or traditional stories, about their gods. The works of Homer and another epic, Theogony by Hesiod, are the source of much of Greek mythology.
2.I think "stone relief panel of Democracy crowning Athens" is the most important. It represents the democratic system of Athens and influences the lives of Athenians.
3. What impact did nearness to the sea have on the development of Greece?The Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the neighboring Black Sea were important transportation routes for the Greek people. These seaways linked most parts of Greece. As the Greeks became skilled sailors, sea travel connected Greece with other societies. Sea travel and trade were also important because Greece lacked natural resources, such as timber, precious metals, and usable farmland.
4. What aspects of culture did the Mycenaeans adopt from the Minoans?
Contact with Minoans Sometime after 1500 B.C., through either trade or war, the Mycenaeans came into contact with the Minoan civilization. From their contact with the Minoans, the Mycenaeans saw the value of seaborne trade. Mycenaean traders soon sailed throughout the eastern Mediterranean, making stops at Aegean islands, coastal towns in Anatolia, and ports in Syria, Egypt, Italy, and Crete. The Minoans also influenced the Mycenaeans in other ways. The Mycenaeans adapted the Minoan writing system to the Greek language and decorated vases with Minoan designs. The Minoan influenced culture of Mycenae formed the core of Greek religious practice, art, politics, and literature. Indeed, Western civilization has its roots in these two early Mediterranean civilizations.
5. Why were the epics of importance to the Greeks of the Dorian period?
No written record exists from the 400-year period between 1150 and 750 B.C. As a result, little is known about this period of Greek history. Epics of Homer Lacking writing, the Greeks of this time learned about their
history through the spoken word. According to tradition, the greatest storyteller was a blind man named Homer. Little is known of his personal life. Some historians believe that Homer composed his epics, narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, sometime between 750 and 700 B.C. The Trojan War forms the backdrop for one of Homer’s great epic poems, the Iliad.
6. How did the physical geography of Greece cause Greek-speaking peoples to develop separate, isolated communities?
Because there were so many mountains, the Greeks separated into communities and because it was hard to travel between the mountains, people would stay in their own communities
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