Day 3: Culture, War, and Epics

Today in class we learned about the Mycenaen cultutre, the Trojan war and Homer, the epic storyteller.

First of all,the Mycenaens started influencing Greece around 2000 BCE. They were located on a rocky ridge on Pelopanesus. This was protected by a 20-feet thick wall. Also, the Mycenaen kings dominated Greece for 1600-1100 BCE. This allowed them to cotnrol trade in the region.
In 1400 BCE - The Mycenaens invaded Crete, but they did not force them to change to their culture, but they rther absorbed and united the cultures. (Minoan)


The Trojan War was fought in the 12th or 13th century BCE. Mythology described that the gods were involved in the war, but today that is not believed to be so. They believed that in 1200 BCE, mysterious "sea people" came and destroyed the Mycenaen empire. But since they did not settle on the destroyed land, the Dorians took it, despite their lack of inteligence.