Today we took more notes off of the powerpoint again. Here are some: Only 20% of Greece has arable land which is great for farming. There was Greek diet which consisted on olives, grapes, grains, and fish. The temperature ranged from mid 40's in winter and low 80's in the summer. The Mycenaeans were around 200 BCE. The Mycenae Kings ruled from 1600- 1100 BCE. The tone of Mycenae was protected by a 20ft thick wall surrounding it. The Trojan War was found in Troy in 1200 BCE. The war started because the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite were given the "apple of discord" and argued. Homer was a famous storyteller who was blind. He composed stories during the Trojan War like the Lliad and The Odyssey.
Today we watched a video called "Guns, Germs, and Steel". The main guy in the video was Jared Diamond who is a professor at UCLA, a biologist, an author, and is passionate in the study of birds. He traveled to Papua, New Guinea to learn what it was like to live there. People have lived in Papua for over 40,000 years with a similar life style. Cargo stands for there material goods. Pre-historical times (about 13,000 years ago) everyone was a hunter or gatherer. Sago- staple food that comes from trees. Barley + wheat were main crops.
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