class powerpoint 3/8

Myceneans:

-      Their influence began around 2000 BC

-      Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus that was protected by a 20 ft. wall

-      The Mycenean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1100 BC

-      In 1400 BC the Myceneans invaded Crete and absorbed the Minoan culture

Greeks:

-      The Greeks have fought in many wars over a period of time

-      Trojan war- fought in 1200 BC

-      Part of Greek Mythology until the 19^thcentury, most historians thought all of this stuff was fictional because gods and goddesses got invaded by these people

-      The goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera were given the apple of discord

-      Paris judged Aphrodite as “The Fairest” and the others were hurt about this

-      For a while, people questioned if any of these things and events were even real because they all involved gods and goddesses which mythological creatures were. (not real)