- 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 d...
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