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15 Cards in this Set
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What were the two main sources of the History of Ancient Greece?
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1. The historical writings of people such as Herodotos.
2. Archaeology 3. The remains of the Roman world |
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What two things spurred archaeology?
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1. Treasure-hunting a lot of the times led to finding archeological treasures that explained ancient worlds.
2. Literature such as the Bible spurred archeological digs in Egypt and parts of the Near East. Also, ancient mythology led to archeological digs in Greece and other areas. |
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Collapse of Mycenaean civilization
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1200
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The Dark Age
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The four centuries between the end of the Mycenaean and the emergence of the archaic worlds
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One of the most formative influences on the 19th century was the "discovery" of the Indo-European language group
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-Which includes both Greek and Latin
-All speakers of these languages were thought of as branches of the "Aryan race" - |
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Earliest evidence of agriculture
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-Thessaly and at Knossos on Crete at the beginning of the 7th millennium BC
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The "Second Palace Period"
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1700-1400
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One of the most important commodities of the period was:
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Copper
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The volcanic explosion which destroyed Thera:
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-Has been blamed for the end of the Minoan civilization
-Thera lies 60 miles north of Crete -The destruction of Thera probably took place around 1650 -On Crete at the same time there was some destruction of palaces |
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Mycenae power
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-Rose in 1600
-Large Minoan influence on Mycenaean culture -International trade increased |
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Linear A
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-Found at sites all over Crete from around 1700-1450
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Linear B
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-Predecessor to Linear A
-A form of Greek -Found around 1400 -Used for economic texts |
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Homeric episodes
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Record a late Mycenaean world
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Theseus
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-Key figure
-Son of Aegeus, king of Athens -Journey to Crete to kill the Minotaur -Responsible for the Synoecism which was the bringing together of the villages of Attica into a political union, with Athens at its heart. |
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End of the Bronze Age
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-Mycenaean world came to an end sometime after 1200 BC
-empires became "worn out" |
