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- They traded copper and iron for olive oil and wine.
- What did the colonies use to trade with the city-states?
- polis
- Greek word for city-state
- the need for protection and stability
- What led to the creation of independent city-states or polis?
- Trojan War
- What war did the Mycenaeans possibly start with their attacks?
- a strong fortress
- A Greek city was usually built around ???.
- no fear of raiders, dreams of becoming rich through trade, curiosity about neighboring lands and growing population
- What led to the realization that the Greeks should establish colonies in distant lands?
- acropolis
- a high hill upon which a fortress often stood
- the decline of the Minoan society
- allowed the Mycenaeans to take over Crete and become the major trades in the eastern Mediterranean
- Mediterranean and Black Sea
- Where to did the Mycenaeans ship goods?
- walls
- What surrounded the town around the acropolis for added protection?
- security and an identity
- What did the city-state provide its people?
- trade did not have to be peaceful and they often attacked other kingdoms
- What was different about the Mycenaean trade from the Minoan?
- the creation of city-states
- What marked the beginning of Greece's classical age?
- agora
- Greek word for marketplace
- cities that began as colonies began to create colonies of their own
- What helped the spread of Greek colonies?
- near their fields outside the walls
- Where did the farmers live?
- archaeological findings
- What was the source of information about the Dark Age?
- Greeks
- became the greatest traders in the whole Aegean region sailing to Egypt and around teh Black Sea
- classical age
- a period of time marked by great acievements
- marketplace
- served as a meeting place for both political and religious assemblies and was the focus of life in the city
- invaders from Europe came to Greece and earthquakes destroyed many cities
- What led to the fall of the Mycenaean society?
- city-state
- foundation of Greek civilization
- Istanbul, Turkey; Marseille, France; Naples, Italy
- cities in the Mediterranean that began as Greek colonies
- Dark Age
- a period of warfare and disorder that began as the Mycenaean civilization fell