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1
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Where did the phonecians live?

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The northern part of Canaan

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2
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What 2 groups formed the phonecians?

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The Canaanites and the Philistines

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3
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What did the phonecians lack?

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Farming land

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4
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What were the phonecians split up into?

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Independent city states

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What were 2 major cities of phonecia

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Tyre and Carthage

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6
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The Phonecians lived near what sea?

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The Mediterranean Sea 🌊

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The Phonecians were good at what?

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Trading

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What was one of their biggest trade items?

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Purple dye

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9
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What did the Phonecians spread?

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The Phonecians spread the first alphabet and it contained 22 letters

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What are 4 benefits of using an alphabet?

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It helped the Phonecians communicate better
It helped them write trade documents
So that other people would use their alphabet
Quicker and easier to write

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Why do you think the Phoenicians used and spread an alphabet? What do you think it would help them to? List at least three benefits of using an alphabet.

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It would help them communicate quicker and make it easier to write
It would help them train
So other people would use their language

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12
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What are some Similarities between all three alphabets? Come up with at least two similarities.

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They all use symbols

They make more than one sound

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What are some differences between all three alphabets? Find at least three differences.

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1) no pictograms
2) Phoenicians have less symbols
3) Very complicated symbols

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14
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Sumarian cuneiform Had 400 to 1000 symbols (depending on the time.) In total. Egyptian hieroglyphics had over 700 symbols. These symbols included pictograms, ideograms, and phonograms (sound symbols).The Phoenecians only used 22 phenograms.What are some advantages of a shorter and simpler writing system? List at least two advantages.

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More people can learn simple letters and shorter writing systems.
Easier to read

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15
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In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, what social class could read and write?

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Upper class

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16
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In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, what did the upper class do for work

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Rulers, priests and nobles.

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17
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With the spread of the more simple Phoenician alphabet, What social class might now have the desire to learn to read and pray?

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The middle class.

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18
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What kinds of jobs did the middle class have?

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Artisans, traders (add one more example).

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19
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What group of people took the Phonecian alphabet and made it their own?

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The Greeks

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20
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What group of people took the Greek alphabet and made it their own?

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The Romans

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21
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The Phonecians were best known for what?

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Spreading the first alphabet

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22
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What is the definition of alphabet

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A written list of symbols that represent the sounds of a language

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23
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The Phonecians traded in what body of water?

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The Mediterranean Sea

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24
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The Phonecians also traded in what body of water besides the Mediterranean Sea?

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The Atlantic Ocean

🏝

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25
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Phonecian trade took place on what continents?

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Africa Asia and Europe

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26
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Phonecia was made up of what 3 major cities?

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Bayblo Carthage and Tyre

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27
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Most Phonecian cities were located where?

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Africa and Europe

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28
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Phonecia is located near what 2 areas?

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Europe and Africa

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29
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Phonecia is located on the western edge of what region?

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Asia

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30
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What were 4 goods that the Phonecians made and traded?

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Purple dye cedar wood and ships

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31
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3 items the Phonecians traded with

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Purple dye, cloth and Cedar wood

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32
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2 major trading cities of phonecia were

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Carthage and Tyre

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33
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Why were there eyes painted on the front of the ship?

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So they could see where the ship was going

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34
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Name one item that the Egyptians want

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Cedar

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35
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What will the Egyptians pay you in return for the cedar wood?

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Gold

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36
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What group of people competed over the Phonecians for trade?

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The Greeks

37
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2 places in the Atlantic Ocean that they traded with are

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Senegal and Greece

38
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Phonecian sailors were always under the constant threat of what?

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Pirates

39
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The Phonecians also traded with the English, what did they want?

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Purple dye

40
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What did the Phonecians want from the English in return for the purple dye?

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Tin

41
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Why would a Phonecian captain tie himself to the front of a ship?

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So the captain could see clearly.

42
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Sardinia is good at making things with what material?

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Gold

43
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What is the Phonecian god of the sea called?

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Yamm

44
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What is a Phonecian trade house?

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A Phonecian trade house is a building in which they put all of the expensive things and sell the cheaper things for money 💰

45
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What is the Kingdom of Egypt?

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Egypt is a long narrow strip of fertile land.

46
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What is the kingdom of Canaan

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Canaan is a narrow strip of land bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

47
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What is the kingdom of Greece.

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Greece is a large mainland peninsula with many smaller peninsulas and islands that are part of the med sea.

48
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Peninsula

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Land surrounded by water on all three sides.

49
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What is the geography of the kingdom of Egypt?

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Egypt consists of mostly desert with a band of fertile land along the Nile River.

50
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What is the geography of the kingdom of Canaan?

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Canaan consists of mountains, desert and fertile land along the coast.

51
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What is the geography of the kingdom of Greece?

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Greece consists of mountains and valleys with flat coasts.

52
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Where did most of the people live in the kingdom of Egypt?

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Most of the people lived along the Nile River.

53
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Where did most of the people on the kingdom of Canaan live?

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Most of the people lived along the coast.

54
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Where did most of the people in the kingdom of Greece live?

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Most of the people lived near the coasts and in the valleys.

55
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What did the Egyptians trade?

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The Egyptians traded barley and grain that they grew.

56
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What did the Phonecians trade?

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The Phonecians made and traded purple dye because farmland was limited. They also made and traded cedar wood and things made from cedar.

57
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What did the Greeks make grow and trade?

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The Greeks grew olives and grapes 🍇 out of these things they made olive oil and wine to trade.

58
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When was the kingdom of Egypt unified?

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Egypt was unified douring the early ages and the Kingdoms.

59
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When was the kingdom of Canaan unified?

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Canaan was unified douring the time of king David king Solomon and king Saul.

60
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When was the kingdom of Phonecia unified?

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Never. They were independent city states.

61
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When was the kingdom of Greece unified?

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They Greeks were independent city states. Late in Greek history Greece was unified by Alexander the Great.

62
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Where did the Minoans live?

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They lived on an island called Crete.

63
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Where did the Mycenaeans live?

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They came from Russia and settled in the lowlands of Greece.

64
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When did the Minoan civilization begin and end?

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Their civilization began in 2800 and ended in 1400BC

65
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When did the Mycenaean civilization begin and end?

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Their civilization began in 1400BC and ended in 1200BC

66
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What food did the Minoans grow?

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They grew olives wheat barley and grapes.

67
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What food did the Mycenaeans grow?

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They grew olives and grapes

68
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What were the Minoans known for?

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trading
good carpenters 
good at metalwork 
made ships 
made olive oil
large 5 story palace 
the palace is called the labyrinth 
labyrinth means double axe
known for bull leaping and sports
69
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What were the Mycenaeans known for?

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copied the Minoans
made perfumed oil
pirating and raiding

70
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What caused the destruction of the Minoans?

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Nobody knows but their power was passed to the Mycenaeans.

71
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What caused the destruction of the Mycenaeans?

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Probably through war and earthquakes as well as other disasters.

72
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The Minoans and Mycenaeans were what?

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Independent city states

73
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The Minoans and Mycenaeans were what religion?

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Polytheistic

74
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The Mycenaeans could do what?

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Write

75
Q

How long did the Trojan war last?

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10 years

76
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What 2 groups fought in the Trojan war?

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The Trojans and the Greeks.

77
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How did the Greeks defeat the Trojans?

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A hero named Odysseus built a giant wooden horse 🐴 and stuck a ton of soldiers in it’s belly. The Greeks gave the Trojans the horse as a “gift” and when the Trojans went to sleep the Greeks climbed out and burned down the city of Troy.

78
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How does the Trojan horse 🐎 go against the saying don’t look a gift horse in the mouth?

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The Greeks put soldiers in the belly of the horse, if the Trojans had looked more closely they would have found the soldiers and beat the Greeks. The saying never look a gift horse in the mouth means take the gift and don’t look too closely to see if something is wrong. If the Trojans had looked at the horse more closely they would have survived.

79
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What are 2 books that describe the Trojan war and the journey of the Greek hero Odysseus?

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The Iliad and the Odyssey written by Homer

80
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The Iliad and the odyssey also contained info on what ?

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From manners to ship building.

81
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Troy is believed to be present day what?

A

Turkey 🇹🇷

82
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The story of the Trojan war is what and what?

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Fact and fiction

83
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When do scholars think the Trojan war occurred?

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In 1200BC

84
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Where did the Dorians come from?

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Northern Europe

85
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What places did the Dorians take over?

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Thessaly Crete Rhodes and Peloponnesus

86
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Civil war

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A war inside the home country, a war between two or more groups from the same country or culture

87
Q

3 advancements lost in the dark age were?

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Science 🧬 math ➗ reading and writing ✍️

88
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Why were these advances lost?

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Because people were farming to survive

89
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🧬🐴🍇🐝🐎✍️🏝👒👗🐠🦋🏖🌊🏳️‍🌈💰🇹🇷

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🐬🐳🐟🐠🐡🐙🦓🦍🐘🦛🦏🌸💐🍁🍂☘️🍀🎍🎋🍃🌾🐚🍄🍁🍂🌺🥀🌹💐💐🌷

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