Question

THE DARK AGES

As the Bronze Age of Greece collapsed, civilization entered what historians would come
to call the Dark Ages. The Mycenaean Civilization fell to warrior nations that didn't record the
times. The Dorian Empire that may have been the Mycenaeans' downfall did not support
writing or art. They were fierce warriors, even more so than the Mycenaeans. Unlike their
predecessors, the Dorians did not build cities—they destroyed them. They did not trade with the
neighboring villages. Instead, they conquered them. Unfortunately, we have very little
information about this dark time in history because written languages fell out of use. Art and
castings made of bronze ceased. Records were not kept, so history had to be passed down
through storytellers. We do know that life was very difficult for the Ancient Greeks.
The early Greeks were intelligent people and they learned from the Dorians despite their
difficult lives under Dorian dominion. They mastered making tools and weapons from metal,
including iron, which was much cheaper than bronze. As the Greeks began forming city-states,
they learned to work together and defend themselves from the invading Dorians. A large
number of Greeks simply sailed away to other islands to live without the Dorian invaders who
constantly waged war on the mainland. Villages were abandoned and trade links vanished.
The Greeks didn't just learn from the
invaders, though. They learned from the
storytellers, too. The storytellers passed down
the mythology of Greece, including the
pantheon of its many gods and their exploits.
Because there were so many city-states, each
with its own language and religion, one
common language, Greek, was adopted by
all the people so they could understand the
stories. One well-known storyteller was the
greatest Greek poet of all time, Homer.
Although we are unsure of exactly when he
lived, he described Ancient Greece during the
Bronze Age in his epic poem, The Iliad. An epic
poem tells about the adventures of a main
character, the hero. The Iliad takes place
during the Trojan War. It glorifies war, death,
sadness, and suffering. It tells the story of the war between Greece and Troy that lasted for ten years. The other major epic tale that Homer wrote was called Lhe_Qdysey. It takes place after
the Trojan War is over and the hero, Odysseus, is trying to return home. The most powerful Greek
god, Zeus, is angry with the Greeks and does everything he can to prevent Odysseus from
returning home. Both epic poems are considered great works of literature.

Summary of what I have read:

Question l: What were the Dorians like? How would you describe the Dorian
Empire?

Question 2: How did the Greeks defend themselves from Dorian rule?

Question 3: Who is Homer? What were his accomplishments?

Answer 1

Answer 1: The Dorians were fierce warriors who conquered the Mycenaean Civilization and did not support writing or art. They did not build cities but destroyed them, and did not trade with neighboring villages.

Answer 2: The Greeks defended themselves from Dorian rule by forming city-states, learning to work together, and mastering making tools and weapons from metal, including iron, which was much cheaper than bronze. Some Greeks also sailed away to other islands to live without the Dorian invaders.

Answer 3: Homer was the greatest Greek poet of all time who passed down the mythology of Greece through epic poems. He described Ancient Greece during the Bronze Age in his epic poem, The Iliad, which takes place during the Trojan War, and The Odyssey, which takes place after the Trojan War is over and the hero, Odysseus, is trying to return home. Both epic poems are considered great works of literature.

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