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Mycenaean Age

1600 - 1100 BCE

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0009%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D7

Trojan War

C1200

The (Greek) Dark Ages

1100 - 750 BCE

900 BCE

Burial site includes iron weapons, an advancement over bronze.

850 BCE

Burial mounds indicate resurgence of agriculture, wealth, and society.

950-750 BCE

Redevelopment of Writing. Greeks modified the Phoenician alphabet, a precurser to our own alphabet

C850BCE

Homer (according to legend, a blind poet) composes The Iliad and The Odyssey

The Iliad

10 years. Story of the Trojan War. Focuses on Achilles.

The Odyssey

10 years. Focuses on Odysseus and his journey home to Ithaca.

Exit Ticket:

Back of Notecard (top half):

Answers to questions you had from the front of the card

Back of Notecard (bottom half):

Briefly (preferably in 3 sentences or less) explain what you learned today.

Classical Period

500 - 336 BCE

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Early Mycenaean palace complexes:

  • Advanced cultures
  • Spread out over long distances
  • Simple writing systems for taxes/accounting
  • Sea-going
  • Trade/cultural exchange
  • Variety of icons/gods/religious practices

Lion Gate at Mycenae

Death Mask of Agamemnon

Troy (Ilium)

Mycenae

Hellenistic Period

336 - 146 BCE

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