The Greece History (Gilbert)

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  1. 1. The Iliad’s first word and major theme is anger, especially the anger of ________.
  2. 4. The Mycenaeans are best remembered for their part in the ________.
  3. 6. The Crete lived at the crossroads of how many continents?
  4. 7. Minoans was called after ________, a legendary king of Crete.
  5. 8. What affected the early people of Crete?
  6. 11. The Mycenaeans learned many skills from the Minoans, including the art of ________.
  7. 13. The Greeks thought of Homer as their ________, a cultural hero.
  8. 14. The Minoans were invaded with the first Greek-speaking people called ________.
  9. 15. Epics Tales from the Iliad and Odyssey have been told and retold for almost ________ years.
  10. 19. Who developed several systems of writing during their long history?
  11. 21. In the 1870s, a wealthy German businessman called ________, set out to prove that the legend was rooted in fact.
  12. 23. Abundant resources and trade helped Minoans to build a ________.
  13. 25. Mycenaean civilization dominated the ________ world from about 1400 b.c. to 1200 b.c.
  14. 28. What artistic ideas and technology that they acquired through contact with the older civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia?
  15. 30. After the Dorian invasions, the land of Greece passed several centuries in ________.
Down
  1. 2. Like the Minoans, the Mycenaeans were ________.
  2. 3. How many years Minoan civilization lay buried for?
  3. 5. Where did the Minoan kings build their vast palace?
  4. 9. What was the cradle of an early civilization that later influenced Greeks living on the European mainland?
  5. 10. The Iliad and Odyssey are credited to a blind poet called ________.
  6. 12. The gods played a role, but they had the same weaknesses as ________.
  7. 16. Over time they made the stories about Crete and Mycenae a part of their ________.
  8. 17. Most Minoans writing appeared on ________.
  9. 18. The Mycenaeans were under attack from sea raiders called the ________.
  10. 20. As Schliemann excavated the site of ancient Troy, he discovered that the city had been rebuilt many times and included at least ________ layers.
  11. 22. The success of the Minoans was based on ________, not conquest.
  12. 24. The Odyssey tells of the many struggles of the Greek hero called ________ (oh dis ee us) on his return home to his faithful wife, Penelope, after the fall of Troy.
  13. 26. From the end of the Mycenaean civilization in about 1100 b.c. until about 800 b.c. Greek civilization seemed to step ________.
  14. 27. The walls of the palace at Knossos were covered with colorful ________.
  15. 29. Homer’s epics reflected the Greek world view, which later had much influence on the ________ world.