Garantie de satisfaction à 100% Disponible immédiatement après paiement En ligne et en PDF Tu n'es lié à rien
logo-home
Recherché précédemment par vous
Recherché précédemment par vous
logo
HIST 2100 Ancient Greece Final Exam Study Notes CA$28.90   Ajouter au panier
Accédez rapidement à
Aperçu
  2.  
  3. York University (Ebor )
  4.  
  5. History
  6.  
  7. HIST 2100 Ancient Greece and Rome (HIST2100)

Examen

HIST 2100 Ancient Greece Final Exam Study Notes
 20 vues  0 achat
  • Cours
  • HIST 2100 Ancient Greece and Rome (HIST2100)
  • Établissement
  • York University (Ebor )

HIST 2100 Ancient Greece & Rome Midterm Exam - focuses on Ancient Greece TA: Richard Aronson Contains key terms & definitions for people/places/events Contains essay questions and answers I passed this course with an A

Aperçu 3 sur 24  pages

  Voir l'exemple

Préparation de vos documents...

mobile-preview

Infos sur le Document

  • 10 octobre 2018
  • 24
  • 2009/2010
  • Examen
  • Questions et réponses

Sujets

  • ancient greece

École, étude et sujet

  • York University (Ebor )
  • History
  • HIST 2100 Ancient Greece and Rome (HIST2100)
Tous les documents sur ce sujet (5)

Vendeur

avatar-seller
Gleditsia_Chrysiptera.galba

Avis reçus

Aperçu du contenu

Ancient Greece Exam Study Notes
Section A
Part 1
Bronze Age – c 3000-1600 BC
- Tools n weapons made more efficient than those of stone/bone/copper
- By 2500 BC metal workers mastered led, silver, gold
- ↑ing demand 4 metal goods accelerated trade in Mediterranean region
- Early Bronze Age 3000-2000 BC
- Crete n mainland Gr owed rise 2 close contact w/ palace kingdoms of E
- Late Bronze Age referred 2 as “Mycenaean Period”
Cnossus – Minoan palace complex on Crete discovered 1899 by Sir Arthur Evans
- Grave credence 2 legend that it had been part of powerful naval state
- By 1900 BC was town of several 1000 ppl
- Had palace economy based on storage n redistribution
o Food n other products collected as taxes, stored n used 2 sustain palace, n
its craft workers n redistributed 2 villagers as rations n wages
o Product goods manufactured in palace went in ships in Mediterranean
trade network 4 foreign metals n luxury items
- By 1375 BC burned n looted
Cyclades – organized societies scatters thru Aegean basin were 1st Gr speakers arrived in
Gr
- Inhabitants sailed seas in sleek galleys
- Tombs deposited w/ elegant looking marble sculptures of standing males n
females n complex figures of lyre players
Heinrich Schliemann – 1870 excavated ruins of Troy n NW Anatolia
- Most hist regarded story of Troy as just fables
- 4 yrs l8er turned 2 Mycenae (city of Agamemnon) in S Gr
- His excavation discovered large fortified palace complexes worthy of mighty king
warrior
o Immense quantities of good confirmed Gr’s belief that Late Bronze Age
was time of wealth n splendour
Indo-Europeans - homeland may b located in vast steppes N of Black n Caspian Seas
- Gr n other Indo-Eur lang evolved from long waves of emigration from original
homeland
- Eventually Gr lang completely submerged non-Ind-Eur ‘Aegean’ lang
- Subsisted as herders n farmers, practiced metallurgy, pottery, cloth making
- Society was patriarchal n patrilinear
- Believed in fertility goddesses
Lerna – in Argolis, large town w/ stone fortification walls n monumental buildings
- Largest may have belonged 2 head chief
- Destroyed
- Marks stagnation following Middle Bronze Age associated w/ incursion of new
ppl who spoke early form of Gr
- Define part of lengthy ancient migration of Indo-Eur ppl
Linear A – writing style Cretans developed 2 administer their complicated economies



1

, - Comprised of specific signs that stood 4 sounds of spoken words n syllables,
remains untranslated
- Main purpose 4 keeping economic n administrative records
Linear B – Evans found 3000 clay tablets w/ more elaborate version of linear script in
1939 in Mycenaean palace of Pylos on Gr mainland
- 1950s Michael Ventris demonstrated lang of Linear B was not Cretan, but early
form of Gr
- Decipherment of Linear B illuminated working of Mycenaean palace system n
has confirmed Mycenaean palaces ruled by kings
Megaron – large rectangular hall in Mycenaean palace complexes
- Ceremonial center used 4 feasts, council n reception of visitors
- In middle, would b large, raised circular hearth flanked by 4 columns that
supported open balcony
- Would survive in form of chieftain’s house during long Dark Age n as essential
plan of Gr temple from 18th cent onwards
Minoans – name given 2 1st Aegean civilization discovered @ Cnossus by Sir Arthur
Evans
- Named after mythical king Minos of Cnossos
- Art n architecture owe large debt 2 civilizations of near E, esp Egy.
- Gr adopted whole model of Minoan state down 2 writing system
Mycenae – Late Bronze Age = Mycenaean period
- City of king Agamemnod
- Invaded Crete n took over palace structures
- Early Mycenaean Civ 1600-1400 BC
o Knowledge revealed mostly thru graves n offerings interred w/ bodies of
deceased
- Later Mycenaeans (1440-1200 BC) built palace complexes
o Much smaller n located on commanding hill
- Not unified politically, but divided in2 special kingdoms
Pylos – reached zenith b/n 1400-1200
- Nestor’s palace built ca 1300
- Contained over 20 villages n towns over 1400 sq miles, divided in2 provinces,
each divided in2 several districts
- Palace strictly supervised production
- Truly oppressed were slaves
o Mycenaean warrior aristocrats active in slavery business
- Leading exports: textiles, metal work, olive oil, wine, hides, leather
- Leading imports: copper, tin, gold, ivory, amber, dies, spices, wine, jewellery
- 2 appease gods ppl made communal displays if respect (sacrifice of food, animals
n humans); honoured gods w/ procession, music, dance
o Mycenaean shrines confined 2 palace center
o Worshipped many gods of l8er Gr religion
- 1200 BC almost all palace centers n many outlying towns n villages attacked n
destroyed/abandoned
o Many centers (Pylos) never reoccupied
Shaft graves – found in early Mycenaean civilization 1600-1500 BC


2

, - Deep rectangular pits in2 which bodies lowered
o L8er graves held arsenal of weapons n hundreds of expensive items
o Attest 2 growth of Mycenaean trade n >er control by ruling class over
economy n society
Thera – island w/ remarkable example of Minoan cultural influence
- Akrotiri discovered 1967
- Destroyer by powerful volcanic eruption 1682 BC (preserved it)
- Distinctly local features suggest they were independent societies; trading partners,
not colonial outposts of Cretan empire
Wanax – Mycenaean king
- Was warrior king, took part in fighting along w/ commander n subordinate
commander
Alphabet – most successful achievement from Dark Age
- made by borrowing letters from Phoenician alphabet & adding vowels ca. 800 BC
- earliest uses: writing verses 4 poetry, record ownership of personal property, keep
commercial accounts
Basileus
- paramount figure that lead new communities
- leader of ppl
- had 2 b good warrior & persuasive speaker
- ne chief must raise his own following of hetaroi (companions) & go on raids
against villages of other demos 2 even score in quarrel/ acquire livestock,
valuables, women
- has limited ability 2 coerce others 2 do his bidding (chief, not king)
Dark Age – 1100-700 BC, period of steep decline & slow recovery
- leads 2 emergence of polis
- art & writing lost, vital trade routes broken, towns & villages abandoned
- rhythm & activities of agricultural yr & farming remained unchanged
- faster potters wheel invented
- Gr metal workers mastered difficult process of smelting & working iron
- Former centers & political villages found themselves widely on their own
politically & economically
Geometric style – evolves from Protogeometric style 900 BC
- new aesthetic spirit & artist evident
- circles & semicircles → angular motifs, “meander pattern”
- renewed availability of materials from abroad (bronze)
- fine gold, jewelry, ivory carvings & bronze vessels produced 4 domestic
consumption & long-distance trade
Hesiod – helped create theogony for Gr: gave gods names, decided their special skills &
what honors they should b given, every community had own protecting gods
Homer – poet of Iliad & Odyssey
- revered as gr8est by l8er Gr
- know nothing about him except from tradition was blind & Ionian
- poems dated b/n l8 8th & early 7th cent BC
Iron – iron weapons & tools harder than bronze & kept edges better
- by 950 BC, almost every tool & weapon found in graves iron


3

Les avantages d'acheter des résumés chez Stuvia:

Qualité garantie par les avis des clients

Qualité garantie par les avis des clients

Les clients de Stuvia ont évalués plus de 700 000 résumés. C'est comme ça que vous savez que vous achetez les meilleurs documents.

L’achat facile et rapide

L’achat facile et rapide

Vous pouvez payer rapidement avec iDeal, carte de crédit ou Stuvia-crédit pour les résumés. Il n'y a pas d'adhésion nécessaire.

Focus sur l’essentiel

Focus sur l’essentiel

Vos camarades écrivent eux-mêmes les notes d’étude, c’est pourquoi les documents sont toujours fiables et à jour. Cela garantit que vous arrivez rapidement au coeur du matériel.

Foire aux questions

Qu'est-ce que j'obtiens en achetant ce document ?

Vous obtenez un PDF, disponible immédiatement après votre achat. Le document acheté est accessible à tout moment, n'importe où et indéfiniment via votre profil.

Garantie de remboursement : comment ça marche ?

Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.

Auprès de qui est-ce que j'achète ce résumé ?

Stuvia est une place de marché. Alors, vous n'achetez donc pas ce document chez nous, mais auprès du vendeur Gleditsia_Chrysiptera.galba. Stuvia facilite les paiements au vendeur.

Est-ce que j'aurai un abonnement?

Non, vous n'achetez ce résumé que pour CA$28.90. Vous n'êtes lié à rien après votre achat.

Peut-on faire confiance à Stuvia ?

4.6 étoiles sur Google & Trustpilot (+1000 avis)

10 résumés ont été vendus ces 30 derniers jours

Fondée en 2010, la référence pour acheter des résumés depuis déjà 15 ans

Commencez à vendre!

Récemment vu par vous

Notes de cours ·

(0)

business communication chapter 1: understanding business communication

CA$28.90
  • (0)
  Ajouter