Greece Is The Word

Today in class we reviewed and learned some new information. Did you know the people of the Aegean Sea have been nominated for a Nobel peace prize?  We looked at the Trojan War and if it was real or not. Some people may not have believed the Trojan War was real because many people in ancient Greece made up stories with Greek Gods and Goddesses. Turns out that archeologists discovered evidence to a real war in Troy.

    In 1150-750 B.C.E Ancient Greece went through the Dark Ages. The Sea People or the Dorians overthrew Grecian empires. These were considered the Dark Ages because the Dorians were not so smart and they did no writing and no teaching.

    During the 6^th and 7^th century aristocrats ran the show. These wealthy men, with lots of land, were in charge… I wonder what that would be like. No woman were allowed to be part of the government. The aristocrats would go to a symposium. These are meetings where the aristocrats would enjoy poetry and do things like watch acrobats.