At this time all of the chief, major civilizations were deserted and the overall population of the area decreased dramatically (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). Those who were left pursued a nomadic lifestyle, in search of a better place to settle (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). Because of the fact that there were no written records from this time, it is assumed that they were illiterate (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). The Dark Ages was a difficult period with many negative attributes, however, there were few contributions made from this epoch. For example, when the Greeks relearned to write, they even added vowels to the old Phoenician alphabet instead of using the Mycenaean Linear B scrip like before (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). Revising the Phoenician written language is a major contribution as our alphabet today is derived from this basis. Another positive outcome that happened during the Dark Ages is the elimination of strict class hierarchy rule that came from the Mycenaeans which lead to the idea of democracy, like Athens practiced in the fifth century B.C.E. (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). The Dark Ages is also when the writing of Homer’s famous epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey occurred, as well as the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C.E. (Sakoulas “The Dark
At this time all of the chief, major civilizations were deserted and the overall population of the area decreased dramatically (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). Those who were left pursued a nomadic lifestyle, in search of a better place to settle (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). Because of the fact that there were no written records from this time, it is assumed that they were illiterate (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). The Dark Ages was a difficult period with many negative attributes, however, there were few contributions made from this epoch. For example, when the Greeks relearned to write, they even added vowels to the old Phoenician alphabet instead of using the Mycenaean Linear B scrip like before (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). Revising the Phoenician written language is a major contribution as our alphabet today is derived from this basis. Another positive outcome that happened during the Dark Ages is the elimination of strict class hierarchy rule that came from the Mycenaeans which lead to the idea of democracy, like Athens practiced in the fifth century B.C.E. (Sakoulas “The Dark Ages”). The Dark Ages is also when the writing of Homer’s famous epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey occurred, as well as the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C.E. (Sakoulas “The Dark