Mycenaeans+ Trojan War + Dorians+ Homer
2/18/20
Mycenaeans+ Trojan War + Dorians+ Homer
Myceneans
- their influence began around 2000 BCE
- Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus, protected by a 20-foot thick wall
- Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1100 BCE-controlled trade in the region
- 1400 BCE- Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture (writing system, language, art, politics, literature, religion)
Dorians
- Dorians were far less advanced
- the trade-based economy collapsed
- writing disappeared for 400 yearsHomerGreek oral tradition - stories passed on by word of mouthHomer lived at the end of these “Greek Dark Ages”he composed stories (epics) of the Trojan War c. 750-700 BCE
- The Iliad - possibly one of the last conquests of the Mycenaeans (the Trojan War)
- The Odyssey - Odysseus attempts to return home after the Trojan War, being thwarted by the angry god of the sea, Poseidon
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