HIST 1001 Chapter : Ancient Greek Civilization
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Ancient greek civilization: discovery of new civilizations, homer and schliemann, minoan civilization, mycenaean civilization. Starting here because we are getting writing: discovery of new civilizations. History 9/14: minoans were just in crete, mycenaean"s covered much area, they found large storage containers for wine in the. Linear b to write it down: he dies in a car accident and didn"t start on linear. Greek dark ages 1000-750 bc: there is no evidence of trade, population shrunk, athens does survive and is very famous. Ideal crops are grapes and olives (wine and olive oil) in peace for many years about 8 years to regrow. Olive oil was good for food and cooking, soap, oil lamps. If they made wine or pressed olive oil properly they wouldn"t spoil. They would trade it in amphorae (the jars used to transport it) If you take care of the plants, they will grow fruit for a very long time.
