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  1. Minoans and Mycenaeans
    1. Minoan Age was from about 2000 - 1400 BC and was known as the stone age
      1. Centred on the island of crete
        1. named after the king minos
          1. after the Trojan Wars the Mycenaeans went through a period of civil war
            1. country was weak so a tribe called the Dorians took over
            2. The period after the collapse of Mycenaean civilisation was known as the Dark Age.
            3. Archaic Period
              1. from 620 to 480 B.C.
                1. development of art through the style of pottery and sculpture
                  1. characteristics developed into the naturalistic style of the Classical period
                    1. advances in political theory: beginnings of democracy,
                      1. use of written language
              2. Classical period
                1. from 500 B. C to 323 B.C
                  1. Greeks began to come into conflict with the kingdom of Persia
                    1. death of the Macedonian king and conqueror Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.
                      1. democratic system of government under Pericles
                        1. building of the Parthenon on the Acropolis
                          1. tragedies of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides
                            1. founding of the philosophical schools of Socrates and Plato.
                2. Archaeology of Minoans, Mycenaeans
                  1. Bronze Age
                    1. arose on the island of Crete
                      1. flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC.
                        1. rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century by Arthur Evans
                          1. The early inhabitants of Crete settled as early as 128,000 BC
                            1. Early inhabitants of crete settled in the middle paleolithic age
                              1. agriculture started in 5000 bc
                  2. Troy
                    1. first known only through the stories of Homer
                      1. 1870: Heinrich Schliemann discovered parts of troy
                        1. nine consecutive levels of occupation at Hisarlick
                          1. two levels that the period Homer described which are named Troy VI and Troy VII
                            1. The war is thought to have lasted about ten years or more
                              1. eventually the Greeks won by using the trick of offering the Trojans a statue of a Horse as a gift
                                1. The statue was filled with the Greek warriors who burned the city.
                                  1. The 'Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' were written by a blind poet named Homer,
                                    1. may have lived between850 and 750 BC
                                      1. some believe he was just a legend
                                        1. poems began as part of an oral tradition
                                          1. The 'Iliad' tells the story of Achillies in the Trojan War that supposedly took place in the early 12th century BC
                                            1. The 'Odyssey' tells the adventures of one of the heroes of the war, Odysseus, on his 10 year journey home from the war.
                        2. Gods and Goddesses
                          1. many gods worshipped, each had a different power
                            1. These gods had control over many different aspects of life on earth
                              1. They could be kind or mean, angry or pleasant, cruel or loving
                                1. They fell in love with each other, argued with each other and even stole from each other.
                                  1. King of all the gods and goddesses was Zeus, who controlled lightning and weather
                                    1. lived with the other gods on Mount Olympus
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