comparitive world history: greece Flashcards
origin of word political?
polis
What came before classical greek civilisation?
bronze age
what was the decline of the bronze age came to be called?
dark age
till how long did dark age last?
1600BC TO 1100BC
What are the three periods in which history of greece can be broken down into?
archaic period, classical period, Hellenistic period
archair period time?
1800bce to 480 bce
classical period time?
510 BCE to 323 BCE
hellenistic period?
323BCE to 30BCE
what does archaic mean
old
when did archaic period come?
followed the decline of the aegean civilisation
when did the archaic period end?
second persian invasion of greece
two features of archaic period?
development of polis and rise in urbanisation
when did the classical period end?
ended with death of alexander the great
what are the features of classical period?
Greece became the most important centre of cultural, military and political force among the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea
what are the feature of hellenistic period?
a time of new empires frequently in conflict with each other until their eventual conquest by the expanding Roman Empire.