Ancient Greece- February 25,2014

Today in West Civ class we took notes. We also reviewed some stuff we already learned about in the last class. We discussed about Ancient Greece and the Geography of it. These people were the people that lived in Mycenae. This began during 2000 B.C. This land is located on a rocky ridge and is protected by a wall. In class, we also discussed that around 1200 B.C. sea people began to invade Mycenae. These people invaded by burning palace after palace after palace. After the region was demolished, Dorians moved into the area. During the time when Dorians moved into the region writing disappeared for nearly 400 years and the economy collapsed. We also discussed a man by the name of Homer. He was a blind, old, poet that lived during the “Greek Dark Ages.” During his whole lifetime he composed two epics known as “The Lliad,” and “The Odyssey.”