Today in class, the students took more notes on the slide presentation that Mr. Schick showed us a few days ago. Hopefully, everyone took well, thorough notes on this because there will be upcoming tests on it. Although fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula, only some of it is arable (suitable for farming). Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives, and fish. Lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization. Back then, temperatures usually ranged from mid 40s in the winter to low 80s in the summer-although it could get hot in the summer, it was pretty nice year-round. Some early peoples-first, Myceneans, their influence began around 2,000 B.C.E. Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus, protected by a 20-foot-thick wall. Mycenean kings dominated Greece from 1,600-1,100 B.C.E. Controlled trade in the region. 1,400 B.C.E Myceneans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture (writing system, language, art, politics. literature, and religion). Trojan War-fought around 1,200 B.C.E. Is it fact or fiction? Meanwhile, "sea people" and Dorians. Around 2,000 B.C.E the mysterious "sea people" began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace. So, the Dorians moved into this war-torn religion, dominating from 1,150-750 B.C.E. Dorians were far less advanced. The trade-based economy collapsed. Writing disappeared for 400 years! Talk about a culture in decline! Those were all the notes that I took on that slideshow, and I still haven't gotten a chance to copy down the rest of the pages in 118-126. That is all we did yesterday in class.
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