page 126- greece

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Mycenaean: The people who lived in the city of Mycenae and settled on the greek mainland were known as the Mycenaeans.
Trojan War: The Trojan War was fought for 10 long hears between the Mycenaeans and Troy.
Dorian: The Dorians were a less advanced, new group of people that moved into the war-torn countryside after the Mycenaeans.
Homer: Homer was a blind man, who supposedly is the best storyteller of Ancient Greek times.
Epics: An epic is where heroic deeds were written in narrative poem form. homer composed them.
Myth: Myths were stories of gods, created by the greeks, that were traditional.

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The greeks being near the sea, the rarely had to travel much/far, the different seas were important to transportation routes for trading, sea travel and skilled sailors. Trade was important since Greece lacked natural resources.

4.
The Mycenaeans adopted many things from the Minoans into their culture. Things such as, seaborne trade, writing systems, decoration designs, greek religion, art, politics and literature.

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The epics were important to Greeks of the Dorian period because Greeks had appeared to have temporarily lost, : the art of writing" during this period so the Greeks then learned about their history through spoken word, epics.

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