WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One of the first groups of people in Greece who introduced the use of iron weapons
A
Minoans
B
Mycenaeans
C
Dorians
D
Persians
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who Brought Iron Weapons to Greece? Dorian invaders were war-like people who brought iron weapons to Greece. They hailed from Macedonia and attacked the Mycenaean civilization around 1100 BCE. Their main technological innovation was the iron-slashing sword.

Detailed explanation-2: -First, about 1100 bce the Dorian invasions brought speakers of West Greek southward, then into the Peloponnese, and finally into the Aegean. Some pre-Dorian Greek populations were expelled from their homes and emigrated eastward to the west coast of Anatolia and to Cyprus.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is believed that an enemy, Eurystheus of Mycenae, is the leader who invaded The Dorians. The Dorians were considered the people of ancient Greece and received their mythological name from the son of Hellen, Dorus.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Greek Iron Age began around 1, 200 BCE with the collapse of the Bronze-Age civilization of Mycenae.

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