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Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea. Vocab 5.1. Mycenaean Civilization. The late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC. The Mycenaean civilization can be seen as a forerunner to classical A ncient Greece. . Trojan War. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
Vocab 5.1
Mycenaean Civilization• The late bronze-age
culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC.
• The Mycenaean civilization can be seen as a forerunner to classical Ancient Greece.
Trojan War
• A great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by a Trojan Prince; after ten years the Greeks achieved victory and burned Troy to the ground.
Homer
• Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets.
Myth
• A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
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