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Early Greek Civilizations World History I Mr. Morin Time Periods Minoan (2800-1700) Mycenae (1600-1100) Dark Ages (1100-750) Poleis (750-350) Alexander the Great (336-323) Hellenistic Empires (275-31) Greek Geography Greece is small (size of Louisiana) It is mountainous – These mountains isolated Greeks from one another, leading to very different ways of life. Seas – No part of Greece is more than 60 miles from the Sea. – Aegean, Mediterranean, and Ionian Minoan & Mycenaean Minoan – Bronze Age (2800 BC) – Lived on Crete (King Minos) – Knossos was key city Mycenaean – 1600 – 1100 BC – Powerful monarchies – Trojan War (Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey) – After collapse, Greece entered a “Dark Age”