More Notes About Greece

- The Mycenaeans adapted the Minoan writing system to the Greek language and decorated vases with Minoan designs.
- The Minoan-influenced culture of Mycenae formed the core of Greek religious practice, art, politics,  and literature.
- During the 1200s B.C., the Mycenaeans fought a ten year war against Troy.
- Troy was an independent trading city located in Anatolia.
- Not long after the Trojan War, Mycenaean civilization collapsed.
- Around 1200 B.C., sea raiders attacked and burned many Mycenaean cities.
- This group of people was called Dorians.
- The Dorians moved into the war-torn countryside.
- They spoke Greek and were distant relatives of the Bronze Age Greeks.
- Their economy collapsed trade came to a standstill after the Dorians' arrival.
- During the Dorian Age, Greeks lost the art of writing temporarily.
- After this occurred, history had to be spoken.
- One great storyteller was blind man named Homer, most famously known for his epics in which he composed during 750-700 B.C., and was known mostly for one in particular; The Iliad.
- The Iliad is an epic that took place during the Trojan War.
- Greeks developed myths.
- They attributed human qualities to their gods, which were responsible for much of nature and other things.
- The only difference between gods and humans was that they were immortal and controlled supernatural elements.
- Zeus was the ruler of the gods.

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