1. Ch9 Beginnings
9-2 The Mycenaean's

2. 1. Mycenaeans -grasslands of southern Russia
-kings built fortress-palaces on hilltops
-chief feature of palace was megaron
-land divided into estates
-slaves
-tenants
-large herds of cattle & hunting provided meat
-first they were warriors

3. 2. trading -imitated Minoan gold & bronze work
-learned how to build ships & navigate
-grew olives & sold olive oil
-rich
-trading stations & settlements on nearby islands
-rather war than trade
-fought one another
-civil war
-1400BC replaced Minoans as chief power of the Aegean

4. 3. Trojan War
-attacked major trading city of Troy in Asia Minor(broke control of trading route)
-middle 1200BC
-500 yrs. After the attack, Homer writes Iliad
-blind Greek poet (bard)
-may have come from Ionia
-war fought over women
-Helen of Troy
-fought for 10yrs

5. -archaeologists proved many of his stories true
-Odysseus had soldiers build wooden horse, best soldiers stayed inside, soldiers killed king &burned city
-Homer wrote Odyssey
-about Odysseus hero of Trojan War

6. 4. Dark Ages -civil wars & Dorian invaders led to the Dark Age
-over seas trade stopped
-artistic skills disappeared
-no record were written
-Aegean cut off from Middle East
-people had to create new civilizations on their own
-herding & farming main way of life

7. -local leaders chiefs/kings ruled small communities
-people began calling themselves Hellenes or Greeks
-rebuilding of the Aegean fell to the Greeks