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Endoeuropeans who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000BC; capital was Mycenae.
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Mycenaeans
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1200s BC Mycenaeans fought a 10 yr. war against Troy in Anatolia. A Greek army beseiged and destroyed Troy because a Trojan prince kidnapped Helen, the beautiful wife of a Greek king.
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Trojan War
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Around 1200BC sea raiders attacked and burned many Mycenaean cities which were then taken over by people who spoke a dialect of Greek and were related to Bronze Age Greek people
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Dorians
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A blind story teller who wrote the epic tales of The Illiad and The Odyssey
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Homer
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Narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds in which the hero dies of some fatal flaw in his character
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Epic
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The fundamental political unit in ancient Greece; a City-State
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Polis
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A fortified hilltop within a City-State/Polis
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Acropolis
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Government ruled by a King or Queen
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Monarchy
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A few very powerful, wealthy families who, tired of the Aristocracy take over government
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Oligarchy
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