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The power moved from Crete to where

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North west

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Geometric time period

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900-700 BC

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Orientalizing Time Period

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700-600 BC

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Archaic Time Period

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600-480 BC

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Early Classical Time Period

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480-450 BC

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High Classical Time Period

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450-400 BC

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Late Classical Time Period

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400-320 BC

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Hellenistic Time Period

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320-31 BC

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Where and when was the earliest human settlement in the Aegean

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The Cyclades

6000 BC

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Where did the Bronze Age begin

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Crete

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Culture developed during the Bronze Age

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Minoan Crete

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Power moved from Minoan Crete to where

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Mainland Greek culture called Mycenaean, named after its city Mycenae

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What is the Cycladic Female

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A nude woman

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When was the Cycladic woman made

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2500 BC

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What is the Cycladic woman made of

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Marble

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What was used to draw the Cycladic female

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A compass and three evenly spaced circles

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What was with the paint on the Cycladic female

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There was asymmetrical paint drawn of eyes scattered on the face, and one on the leg.

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What could some of the paintings or drawings on a figure symbolize

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Tattoos or paint that people put on either for rituals or for burials

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When was the Minoan snake goddess made

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1500 BC

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What was the Minoan snake goddess made of

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Faience

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Who found the sculpture. Of the Minoan snake goddess and where

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Arthur Evans

Knossos

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What did the Minoan snake goddess depict

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The dress of a Minoan woman. Could show what women wore back then.

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How did Minoan Crete get its name

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The legend of king Minos with his creation, the Minotaur

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What were the two forms of Minoan writing

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Linear A (Not deciphered)
Linear B (Deciphered)
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Oldest its of Europe
Knossos
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Who excavated Knossos
Arthur Evans
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Who ruled the cities or land
Aristocratic leaders
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Where was the toreador fresco found
Knossos
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When was the toreador fresco made
Around the late Minoan period
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Why was the toreador fresco important
It was difficult to make and it was very good
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She was the dolphin fresco made and where
1500 BC | Knossos
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Where were the toreador and dolphin frescos in relation to the palace of Knossos
On the walls
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From when was the Helladic period
3000-1000 BC
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What did Heinrich Schliemann excavate
Mycenaean graves
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Thomas tombs
Circular vaulted tombs
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When was the treasury of Atreus built
1250 BC
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What else is the treasury of Atreus called
Beehive tomb
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How is the treasury of Atreus made
Like a corbel dome
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What is the corbeled vault made of
Limestone
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Where was the lion gate
Mycenae
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When was the lion gate built
1250 BC
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Name some designs and details of the lion gate
Post and lintel Corbeled arch High relief Made of limestone
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Where was the lion gate an entrance to
Citadel
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What city did Heinrich Schliemann find
Troy
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What does the lions on the lion gate flank
A Minoan style column
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What do the lions and the column in the lion gate represent
The Kings palace
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Where was the death mask of Agamemnon discovered and when
A Mycenae grave | 1600 BC
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Who found the death mask of Agamemnon
Heinrich Schliemann
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What is the death mask of Agamemnon made of
Gold
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Who did Schliemann name the death mask after
Agamemnon, the Greek king in homers Iliad
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Repousse
Hammering the back of a sheet of metal to thin the surface and create features
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When was the first Olympic Games
776 BC
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Aegean Bronze Age
3100-1100 BC
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Polis
City State
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Acropolis
City on a hill
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When was the Phoenician alphabet adopted
8th century BC
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Who ruled city states
Basileus'
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What councils were the kings in and what were the leaders called
Aristocratic councils | Tyrannos
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Ekklesia
Assembly
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What was the basileus' power reduced to?
Religion
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Polemarchos
Commander in chief of armed forces
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Archon
In charge of judicial
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What was the court called?
Council of Areopagus
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Nickname of Solon, his main teaching, and his social status
The great law giver The law is above the people Archon
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What was Pisistratus' social class
Tyrant
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What made Pisistratus a tyrant
Banished and acquired estates and distributed among the poor. Weakened the power of nobility
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What was kleisthenes accredited for
Father of Athenian democracy
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What did kleisthenes create
The council of the 500 | The ten phylai
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How were the members of the council of the 500 determined
50 members from each phylai were elected by voters (male citizens born in Athens)
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What was ostracism and how did it occur
Exclusion or temporary banishment | 6,000 votes for ostracism of a person
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Lyre
String instrument Apollo Reason
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Aulos
Wind instrument Dionysus Passion
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Temenos wall
Built of safety around city
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Muses
Dieties of spring
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Who were muses daughters of
Zeus
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Where did muses live
Mount parnasus
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Who was the companion of the muses
Apollo musagetes
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Calliope
Epic poetry
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Clio
History
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Thalia
Comedy
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Melpomene
Tragedy
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Terpsichore
Lyric and dance
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Urania
Astronomy
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Characteristics of the geometric period
``` Ceramic pottery Very linear and schematic pottery Funerary rituals Full frontal figures No afterlife ```
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Center room of a temple
Cells or naos
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Part infront of the cella or naos
Pronaos
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When was the orientalizing period
7th century BC
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Olpe
Wide mouth pitcher
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Amphora
Large storage all purpose jar
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Oinochoe
Wine pitcher
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Kylix
Wine drinking cup
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Kantharos
Vessel for sauces, fruit, olives, figs
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Lekythos
Pour liquids (oil) during religious rituals, often used in funerals
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Who made the suicide of Ajax pottery
Exekias
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What type of pottery was the suicide of Ajax
Black figure amphora
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When was the suicide of Ajax made
540 BC
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Who made the death of sarpedon pottery
Euphronios (painter) | Euxitheos (potter)
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When was the death of sarpedon made
515 BC
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Doric order
Fluted columns without bases rest directly on stylobate
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Entasis
When the column swells in the middle
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Archaic period
This period moved to the forefront artistically
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Peristyle temple
Stepped foundation with a row of columns surrounding all 4 styles
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Prostyle
Columns infront of sole entrance
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Amphiprostyle
Columns infront of multiple entrances
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Spartans Dorian or Ionian
Dorian
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Athenians Dorian or Ionian
Ionian
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When was the temple of aphasia made
480 BC
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What was true about the scale of human figures in a temple
Same size and scale. Only position changed
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What were most free standing sculptures made of
Marble
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Kore
Female statue
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Kouros
Male statue
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What's true about korai
Always dressed. Represent priestesses, nymphs
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What true about kouroi
Almost always nude. Victorious athletes, fertility or family continuity
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What should a kouros remind you of
Standing males of Egyptian sculpture. Arms rigid. Left leg slightly forward. Contraposso stance
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Kouros of sounion
Archaic smile
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Who made the Venus of Aphrodite of knidos and when
Praxiteles 350BC
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What type of pottery is the death of sarpedon
Red figure calyx krater
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When was the Parthenon made
447 BC

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