Early People of the Aegean

DO NOW (U3D1)October 29, 2013Please complete the map activity you picked

up on your way in to class.

Homework: Finish reading the Trojan War story and answer the associated questions.

Minoan Civilization

The history of Greece begins with the Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations

1750-1000 BCE

Minoan Civilization Disappears By 1400 BCE: Minoan civilization vanished

Archeologists are not sure whySome possible hypothesis are:Volcanic eruptionEarthquake may have destroyed the palace INVADERS DESTROYED THE CITY

INVADERS WERE THE MYCENAEANS

Rulers of Mycenae Like Aryans in India

Mycenaeans were an Indo-European people that conquered the Greek mainland before overrunning Crete

Successful Sea Traders

Mycenaean civilization dominated the Aegean world from 1400-1200 BCE

Like Minoans, Mycenaeans were sea traders

Through trade, absorbed Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultural influences

The Trojan War Mycenaeans are best

remembered for their part in the Trojan War

Conflict had roots in an economic rivalry between Mycenae and Troy—a rich trading city that controlled the straits that connected the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Read only the “Apple of Discord” To begin our discussion of the Trojan War

Read the first section titled, “Apple of Discord”

Please develop two questions on an index card that you will turn in to me. On the card:

One question should be a factual recall question The second question should be a critical thinking question about the nature

of human beings

You will have three minutes to think and write your answers