A Dark Age/The Hellenes - Chapter 7 Lesson 1

the Spartans

the Athenians

the Mycenaeans

the Persians

Art

Writing System

Government

All of these are correct.

They were artisans.

They were merchants.

They were warriors.

They were farmers.

They Mycenaeans had a weak military.

The Dorians launched surprise attacks on the Mycenaeans.

The bronze weapons used by the Mycenaeans weren't strong enough to defeat the Dorians who used iron weapons.

The Mycenaeans preferred to handle conflicts in a peaceful manner.

Cities were abandoned.

Literacy disappeared.

Trade stopped.

All of these are correct.

All of the written records were destroyed.

The written records were hidden and never found.

The Dorians didn't leave behind any written records or material goods.

Historians couldn't figure out the written meanings of the symbols used by the Dorians.

famine

earthquakes

war

Trouble Times

Age of Uncertainty

Dark Age

Era of Poverty

They discovered new shipping routes.

New methods of farming were introduced.

New alphabet was accepted into use.

They learned how to make weapons and tools. 

brought back new ideas, crafts, and skills

needed more weapons, so they enslaved the Dorians to produce them

needed more money, so they made coins to become rich.

needed more jobs, so they went to school to learn new trades.