More Greek Notes

            Today in class we took more notes on Greece that we will have to know for the test. We learned things like: by 4000 B.C. farming and village life had become way of life for the European barbarians. They had built complex structures around about 3500 B.C. The barbarians were very nomadic people. They traveled from the steppes and onward. Their languages evolved from Greek and Latin. The barbarians were very elite warriors. around 2000-1000 A.D. came into contact with civilization. In 2200 B.C. Minoan arose on  Crete. Minoans gained wealth from control of the seas and especially trade. By 1600 B.C. Greek chieftains had settled along the mainland’s southern shore and on some islands.Mycenaean civilization lasted until shortly after 1200 B.C. due to the conquest of the Sea People. By 1150 BC in Mycenae all settlements had been deserted. The population had dropped, and writing fell out of us this led to the eclipse of civilization for almost 400 years, known as the Dark Ages. They lasted from (1150 - 750)800 BC the Aegean region recovered