3.  Indo-European  Settled mainland around 2000 BC

4.  Leading City  Built on steep rocky hill ridge  Surrounded by wall 20 ft. thick  Dominated Greece 1600-1100 BC

8.  Nobles  Controlled production and trade  Used armies to gain wealth

9.  Wood and stone tools  Occupations  Mostly Farmers  Weavers  Herders  Stonemasons

10.  Invasion  Trade  Adopt  Sea Trade  Alphabet  Minoan legends

13.  1200 BC  City of Troy on Anatolia Peninsula  Kidnapping of Helen from Greek’s Kingdom

15.  Found remains of city  Legends of Trojan War based on real people and places

16.  Fought for control of trade route through Dardanelles (Straits) to Black Sea colonies

17.  Collapsed around 1200 BC  Dorians moved into the region

19.  Spoke a dialect of Greek  Settled into war torn countryside of Mycenaean  Far less advanced

20.  Period of time when civilization experiences a reversal of culture  Economy and Trade collapse  Forgot how to write  Little known about this time period

21.  Without writing Greeks learned about history through spoken word

22.  Blind poet/Storyteller  Created the Iliad and the Odyssey

23.  Describes events of ten year Trojan War

24.  Describes ten year journey home of King Odysseus

26.  Activities of gods explained human behavior  Myths (traditional stories) written about the Greek gods  Based on Polytheism

27.  Humanization  gods took human form with human behavior  gods lived forever

28.  1. ATHENA - GODDESS OF WISDOM & ART  2. ARTEMIS – GODDESS OF WILDERNESS AND BEASTS  3. APHRODITE - LOVE & BEAUTY  4. ZEUS - CHIEF DEITY  5. APOLLO - SON OF ZEUS GOD OF LIGHT & PROPHECY  6. HERA-WIFE OF ZEUS  These are the gods you will have to identify on your test!  MOUNT OLYMPUS - HOME OF 12 MOST IMPORTANT DEITIES

30.  Greeks asked questions  Priests would interpret Apollo’s answers

31.  Influenced all aspects of Greek Culture  Remains as symbols in western art and literature