Ancient Greece Powerpoint

Today in class we took notes on the Ancient Greece PowerPoint. The notes I took were the Mycenean influence that began around 2000 BCE. Mycenae was located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus, protected by a 20-foot thick wall.  In 1400 BCE, the Myceneans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture through cultural diffusion. Mycenean kings dominated Greece from 1600-1100 BCE and controlled trade in the region. The Trojan War was fought around 1200 BCE. It was part of Greek mythology until the 19th century, most historians thought it was fictional because gods and goddesses were involved. There was archaeological evidence of wars actually being fought in Troy. Around 1200 BCE the mysterious "sea people" began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after, so the Dorians moved into thi9s wartorn region, dominating from 1150-1500 BCE. During this time, known as the Dark Greek Age, writing for 400 years. Homer lived at the end of these Dark Greek Ages. The Homeric question is whether Homer was real or fictional. The Iliad and Odyssey may have been the culmination of many generations of storytelling, or Homer actually existed and was just that awesome. After that, class was over.