The Mycenaean

What's the timeframe for the Mycenaean civilization?

• 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE

• 3000 BCE to 1100 BCE

• 2100 BCE to 600 BCE

• 800 BCE to 64 CE

Which are traits of the Mycenaean civilization?

• Warrior Society

• Sea-traders

• No written language

• No slaves

• Used many different languages

To the classical Greeks that existed around 400's BCE, the Mycenaen's were their legendary ancestors who belonged to a mythical age of the past.

• True

• False

Homer is considered a ________________ poet.

• Classical Greek

• Mycenean Poet

Mycenean writing was called

• Linear B

• Linear A

• Cuneiform

• Greek Alphabet

The Mycenaen civilization started out as mostly ___________ people who migrated southward from southern Russia to modern day Greece around _________ BCE.

• nomadic, 2000

• hunters and gathering, 3000

• trading, 1500

• random, 2000

Mycenaean's were particularly specialized in which of the following

• ship building

• trade

• war

• archery

The end of Mycenaean civilization is thought to have come about due to civil unrest, economic uncertainty and

• fighting amongst city-states.

• attacks from the Hittites

• attacks from Egypt

• natural disasters

The end of the Mycenean Civilization began the _____________

• Greek dark ages

• Classic Greek era

• Roman Empire

• Iron age

It is most likely that the Trojan War _________ really happen.

• did

• did not