5th period log 1-A

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Pindus Mountains:

Run through the middle of the mainland of Greece

for rugged terrain

Aegean Sea

Separated the different Greek subcultures and groups

Also made travel by sea a strong suit of the Greeks

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After the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization Greece went into a “Dark Age”

Period where the population declined and food production dropped

1100 B.C. to 750 B.C.

It was a time where the basis for new Greece was forming

Changes during this time…

Many Greeks left the mainland and sailed across the Aegean Sea to new parts of Greece

Iron replaced bronze

Changed the way weapons were made

Helped to re-increase the food production

Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet to give themselves a new system of writing

Homer wrote short stories and “epics” of the time

Page 3

After the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization Greece went into a “Dark Age”

Period where the population declined and food production dropped

1100 B.C. to 750 B.C.

It was a time where the basis for new Greece was forming

Changes during this time…

Many Greeks left the mainland and sailed across the Aegean Sea to new parts of Greece

Iron replaced bronze

Changed the way weapons were made

Helped to re-increase the food production

Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet to give themselves a new system of writing

Homer wrote short stories and “epics” of the time