Western Civ Blog 14

Today in class we reviewed the powerpoint that we learned yesterday. Students taught instead of Mr. Schick. Although fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula, only about 20% is arable, which means suitable for farming. The Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives and fish.There was a lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization. Back then, temperatures usually ranged from mid 40s in the winter to low 80s in the summer - although it could get hot in the summer, it was pretty nice year-round. 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. In 1400 BCE, the Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture (writing system, language, art, politics, literature, religion).Trojan War was fought around 1200 BCE. Part of Greek mythology was until the 19th cent. Most historians thought it was fictional because gods and goddesses got involved. The goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera were given the “apple of discord”. Paris judged Aphrodite as “the fairest”