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• Interact with History p. 110

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- Mountainous peninsula
R24

• Only ¼ of land is farmable

Geography
- Mountains made communication
hard, so most city-states remained
independent.

• Achaeans (Myceneans/Greeks)
• attacked Troy.

1-Minoans on Crete great Traders, capital at
Knossus,painted Frescoes, worshipped bull and
Mother goddess, invaded by Greeks
from mainland.
- Achaeans eventually won.
-Homer wrote Illiad and Odyssey about the war.
2-Achaeans/Mycenaeans from Northern peninsula
eventually Controlled all the way to
Souther Greece (Knossus) rich from
war/ trade, built on Minoan civ.
Trojan War
Civilizations 2000-750 BC
3-Dorians took over Achaeans with iron
weapons, Plundered cities, forgot artistic
skills/writing, Many Greeks fled to Asia Minor
Dark Age.
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ActItOut Ancient Greece

• Step 1 Get with group / assignment.
• Step 2 Answer appropriate questions.
• Step 3 Plan a scene based on the guide you have
  been given.
• We will present on _________