Greek Beginnings

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  1. 2. His epic poems provide insight into the norms and values of early Greek society.
  2. 3. Royal burial ground containing gold masks and weapons discovered at the site of Mycenae.
  3. 4. Paintings on dry plaster.
  4. 6. Good men; brave, skilled warriors and athletes.
  5. 8. Writing used by Minoans to maintain inventory of "taxes".
  6. 13. Best men
  7. 14. A public courtyard used for ceremonies and gatherings.
  8. 16. Amateur archaeologist who sought to prove that the Trojan War was fact.
  9. 19. Period of poverty and violence for which little archaeological evidence exists.
  10. 21. Warrior chiefs who had power over the demos.
  11. 22. Prehistorical period characterized by metal objects made from mixture of copper and tin.
  12. 23. Household.
  13. 24. Alphabet adopted by Greeks during a period of rebirth.
Down
  1. 1. Elite Mycenaean "beehive" tombs created for elite.
  2. 5. Fortified settlement often built on high ground.
  3. 7. Grouping together chronological sequences and assigning a label.
  4. 9. Virtue; achieve full potential in physically and intellectually
  5. 10. Bond of friendship and trust between residents of different demoi.
  6. 11. Settlement including the people and land surrounding it.
  7. 12. Palace civilization on Crete.
  8. 15. State room used by King
  9. 17. Syllabary system of writing believed to be earliest for of Greek.
  10. 18. Troy was not one city, but ______ each built on the ruins of the other.
  11. 20. Palace complex on Crete discovered by Sir Arthur Evans.