This is my first blog for my new western civ class. The first day I was in class I forgot to do the blog and Friday and Saturday I was at my grandparents and didn't have my laptop. This week we have been studying ancient Greece. we have focused on the geography, the Mycenaean, the Trojan war, the Dorian and Homer. Greece is located in the Mediterranean and is made up of thousands of islands. The mainland is very mountainous and is not very suitable for travel or farming. The Mycenaean ruled from 2000 BC to 1300 BC. The Mycenaean had a seaboard trading culture with many large city states. Invaded Crete and absorbed their culture. Th Trojan war was fought between Troy ,a city state and Mycenaean over a kidnapped queen. Archaeologists now believe that this was an actual war. The Dorian invaded Greece after it had been destroyed by "Sea people". They were much less advanced and had no writing for 400 years. In that time stories were passed by word of mouth starting with a great story teller named Homer.
Toady in class instead of reviewing the test we read and took notes on the next three sections. The first section was on the Rise of Christianity and talked about how Jesus' teachings spread. The most important reason they spread was because his teachings brought salvation to all. Christianity was a vision that a Roman emperor had before he went into battle. They won the battle and he made it so Christians would no longer be persecuted.
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