Greece P.2

Today in class we learned more about the Ancient Greeks including the "bard" Homer and the Trojan War. We also talked about the unfortunate passing of Andy Klein, a John Carroll alumni who graduated in 1971. He was in a car crash when, ironically, was hit by his own company's truck.

But here is some of the stuff we learned:

. Only 20% of the fertile land (only 1/4 of the land was fertile) is arable
.Arable- suitable for farming
. The Greek diet was very healthy and consisted of: grains, grapes, fish, and olives (obviously there's more to what they eat but that was the normal stuff)
. Greek influence on the world began around 2000 BC
. Mycenea- located on a rocky ridge of Peloponessus, protected by a 20-foot thick wall
. Mysterious people nicknamed "sea people" invaded and destroyed Mycenea
. Dorians moved into the war-torn area and dominated the region from 1150-1750 BC
. The Dorians were far less advanced
. Trading collapsed because the Dorians wanted to isolate themselves from the outside world
. Writing disappeared for 400 years
. This was called the "Greek Dark Ages" because there is no record of anything that has happened during that time
. Trojan War was fought in Troy and and was fought around the year of 1200 BC
. The Trojan War was part of Greek mythology until the 19th century