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Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea (Mycenaeans (Indo-Europeans (Tiryns,…
Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
3000 BC Minoans lived in Crete
They had a civilization of great power
Greek speaking people lived here
Sea
Black Sea, Aegean Sea, and Ionian
The Mediterranean sea had about 2,000 islands.
Coastlines were within 85 miles
Climate
Pleasant
Caused people to come together
Civic life
public issues
Land
Mountains
Nomadic
1/4 fertile
Independent communities
Mycenaeans
Indo-Europeans
Tiryns
Athens
1100-1600 BC
Minoans
Sea travel
Anatolia, Syria, Egypt, Crete, Italy
Anatolia
Troy
Trojan war
Helen was kidnapped
Collapse, 1200 BC
By sea raiders
Overtaken by Dorians
No written documentation
Homer
lliad
Achilles, Hector of Troy
Poet
Hesiods
Theogany
Zeus, Hera, Athena