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Rise and Fall of Ancient Greeks: A Tale of Troy and Trojan Wars

Explore the captivating saga of the Early Ancient Greeks through the Trojan Wars depicted in Homer's epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey. Witness the rise of Mycenaeans, the fall of Troy, and the onset of the Dark Ages. Discover the historical transitions and conflicts that shaped Greek civilization.

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Rise and Fall of Ancient Greeks: A Tale of Troy and Trojan Wars

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  1. The Story of Early Ancient Greeks

  2. Once upon a timein ancient Greece

  3. Dark Hair Brown Skin Short

  4. mi-NO-ans In the middle of

  5. A, B, C’s

  6. Traded = $$$

  7. Minotaur lived at the Palace.

  8. Later

  9. Mycenaeans a nnn

  10. ABC’s

  11. Troy kept taxing ships.

  12. Homer Who tells us this story in the form of 2 very long poems: The Iliad & The Odyssey

  13. The Trojans captured Helen, the Greek queen took her to Troy.

  14. The Mycenaeans go to rescue the Queen in Troy.

  15. Thus starts the Trojan Wars.

  16. The Trojan Warslast 10 years.

  17. Finally the Greeks used the Horse to trick the Trojans and free the Queen.

  18. The King & Helen, his Queen, sail home. And they all lived . . .

  19. Everyone did not live happily ever after . . . instead there was Civil War !!!

  20. Then the Dark Ages set in. No more reading No more writing. No more art. No more gold works. No more trade. No more fresco. And the Dorians invade. Back to simple farming and herding. These lasted several centuries.

  21. The End ofChapter 9

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