Today in Western Civ, we talked a little more about Ancient Greece. We talked about the other sea called the Ionian Sea which is south of the Adriatic. They had Arable land which means it can be farmed very easily. The greeks diet consisted of  grains, grapes, olives, but that's not everything. They had nice weather all year round, and colonization was key. A group we talked about is Mycenaeans.  This group started in 200 BCE, located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 foot thick wall. Their kings dominated Greece from 1600-1200 BCE, and they controlled trade. 1400 BCE, they invaded Crete. Another group we talked about was the Sea people and Dorians. They invaded Mycenae in 1200 BCE. The Dorians weren't advanced and they had no writing and the writing disappeared for 400 years. We don't know who sea people are because of no writing. The last person we talked about is Homer the storyteller. They formed during the Greek Dark Ages, and taught people about this. The Lliad and the Odyssey are by Homer. There has been a question if Homer actually existed which is called the "Homeric question". At the end of class, Mr. Schick read us a little bit of the Odyssey.