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What in the World ??? The Odyssey of Homer
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The Mycenaeans (Achaeans)
BCE
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The Mycenaean World: mid-2M B.C.E.
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Mycenae Citadel & Reconstuction
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Approach to the Lion’s Gate
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Mycenaean Writing System: “Linear B”
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The Trojan War mid-12c BCE
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Bronze Age Enemies: The Trojan War
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What were the real & mythical causes of the Trojan War??
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Helen of Troy: “The Face That Launched 1000 Ships”
What did she look like?
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Trojan War The Myth Judgment of Paris Elopement of Paris and Helen
Achaean Revenge 10 years of War Achilles and Agamemnon Patroclus Achilles Heel
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Trojan War The Myth Continued
Trojan Horse Aftermath Agamemnon Aeneas Odysseus
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Trojan War The Reality Geopolitical Greece: Mycenaean
Asia Minor: Hittite Troy major city on key trade routes City of Troy destroyed C 1200 BCE
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Plan of the City of Troy
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Wall of Troy Recreated
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Original Wall of the City of Troy
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The Greek "Dark Ages" BCE
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Migrations in the Aegean Region
(DORIANS}
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Greek Culture Declined
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Aegean Dark Age Every Major City from Greece to Gaza Falls
Multiple Possible Causes Lasted for 400 years: BCE No Cities, Writing, Little Commerce
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Homer, the Blind Poet
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Homer’s Great Epics
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The Heroic Age Troy was conquered around 1200 CE just before the start of the Mediterranean Dark Age The Homeric epics about the Trojan War and its aftermath were passed down by oral tradition for hundreds of years before being transcribed and many more before being reaching their present form Little is known about Homer himself, except that if he existed, he lived in what is today Turkey and was blind The Iliad and the Odyssey represent the culmination of a long tradition of oral history The two epics represent a national symbol of present-day Greece
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Invention of the Alphabet
Phoenician’s Early Phonemic Script C 1050 BCE Greeks added Vowels C 800 BCE
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Greek Alphabet
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Journey of Odysseus??
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Thanks to Susan Pojer pptpalooza.com
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