Greek civilizations Flashcards
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located in the Balkan Peninsula
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Greece
2
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how much is made up of mountains.
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80%
3
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- It is surrounded by
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the Aegean Sea on the east, Ionian Sea on the west, and the Mediterranean Sea on the south.
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- The highest peak
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Mt. Olympus
5
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- They specialize
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trade and seafaring.
6
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- flourished in Crete during
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the Bronze Age
7
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an English archaeologist found the ruins of a palace in Knossos. He then named the island Minoa after the legendary king Minos of Greek mythology.
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- Sir Arthur Evans
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- They had a system of writing which archaeologists called
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Linear A.
9
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Warrior society
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Mycenaean Civilization
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named the civilization after a site called Mycenae in Peloponnese in mainland Greece. Other sites with similar artifacts were found in Tiryns, Pylos, Thebes, Orchomenos, and Athens (capital of Greece)
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- Heinrich Schliemann
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Mycenaean Civilization had a system of writing called
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Linear B.
12
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- They are believed to be the ancestors of the Greeks.
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Mycenaean Civilization
13
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- refers to the period between the Persian Wars and the death of Alexander the Great.
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Classical Greece
14
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- refers to the period between the Persian Wars and the death of Alexander the Great.
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Classical Greece
15
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- an era of war and conflict—first between the Greeks and the Persians, then between the Athenians and the Spartans
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