Today in class we looked at a projection of a copy of a painting of a pipe. After we talked about the pipe, we looked at some more slides on the powerpoint. The first people I Greece were the Mycenaeans. Their influence began around 2000 BC. Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus and is protected by a 20-foot thick wall. Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1100 BC and controlled trade in the region. Mycenaeans, eventually, invaded Crete and absorbed the Minoan culture. We also talked about whether the Trojan War was real or not, but I'm not going to get into that right now. The other group of people we talked about were the Dorians and the mysterious "sea people". The sea people began to invade Mycenaean and burnt all of their palaces. The Dorians moved into this land, dominating from 1150-750 BC. Dorians were less advanced. The trade-based economy collapsed. Writing disappeared for 400 years. The last thing we talked about is a blind story teller named Homer and two of his epics : The Iliad and The Odyssey. That's all for today.
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