Greece

Question 1

what was the greek terrain like?

Answer 1

It was very rocky and mountainous

Question 2

How was greek politically?

Answer 2

Disjointed

Question 3

How were they ethnically and linguistically?

Answer 3

Diverse, and eventually become homogeneous

Question 4

what do we know about the cycladic civilization

Answer 4

no written alphabet, everything we know is from archeology

Question 5

what were cycladic figurines like?

Answer 5

they were of fertility goddesses (like Ishtar in Gilgamesh)

Question 6

What was the minoans?

Answer 6

the next civilization after the cycladic civilization

Question 7

Where was the minoan civilization centered around?

Answer 7

the island of crete

Question 8

What kind of alphabet did the minoans develop?

Answer 8

Linear A

Question 9

What were Knossos?

Answer 9

they were minoan palaces (compared to ziggurats) political, econimic and religious center and a redistributive economy

Question 10

What were the minoan figurines like?

Answer 10

Polytheistic and fertility goddesses

Question 11

what were minoan frescoes

Answer 11

tells us about their everyday life, religious processions, social activities, and politics

Question 12

What did the Goddess figurines look like?

Answer 12

Looked like Ishtar, she was a role model for these figures, copied from Mesopotamia

Question 13

What was the Theira Eruption

Answer 13

it was an eruption from a volcano that caused the decline of minoan civilization and left them vulnerable

Question 14

What civilization came after Minoan civilization

Answer 14

the Mycenaean civilization

Question 15

how was the Mycenaean civilization culturally influenced?

Answer 15

influenced by the minoans

Question 16

What was their script/writing known as

Answer 16

Linear B

Question 17

What was Linear B used to record?

Answer 17

record tribute, and list of goods being collected and distributed. Earliest form of greek

Question 18

What were Wonax

Answer 18

greek kings, warrior manrachy

Question 19

Where were wonox buried?

Answer 19

in Tholos Tumb

Question 20

How did Mycenaeans become wealthy?

Answer 20

through raiding other city-states. Raided the west coast of Asia Minor for treasures

Question 21

How did the bronze ago/mycenaean civilization end?

Answer 21

Dorian invasion, palaces were destroyed ending the bronze age

Question 22

What were Dorians also known as?

Answer 22

The sea people

Question 23

What followed the Dorian invasion?

Answer 23

the “Dark Ages”

Question 24

What happened in the dark ages?

Answer 24

literacy disappears and urbanism population decreases

Question 25

What passages were written in the dark ages?

Answer 25

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, which was epic poetry

Question 26

How were memories preserved in the dark ages?

Answer 26

through poetry

Question 27

What did the Iliad allow us to get insight on?

Answer 27

insight on the dark age norms, it was a highly patriarchal society

Question 28

Why was political legitimacy questioned in the dark ages?

Answer 28

because they stopped basing legitimacy in connection to the divine. You dont need to be related to the gods to be a king

Question 29

What was the archaic period?

Answer 29

the end of the dark ages because literacy returns

Question 30

What dialects were used in archaic period

Answer 30

attic, doric, and ionian

Question 31

What kind of alphabet is used?

Answer 31

phonetic, they developed vowels and have 24 letters

Question 32

What is a polis

Answer 32

city-state

Question 33

what was a polis built around?

Answer 33

Acropolis, built around a mountain

Question 34

What consisted of a polis?

Answer 34

countryside (villages), astu and agora

Question 35

What was the astu

Answer 35

city center was below the polis

Question 36

what was the agora

Answer 36

shopping and commerce took place, aka town square

Question 37

What was choria

Answer 37

it was the country that surrounded the polis

Question 38

What were Hellenes?

Answer 38

despite being scattered, greeks have a common identity, considered to be the same people

Question 39

What were the people that werent Hellenes called?

Answer 39

Barbarians (non-greek speakers)

Question 40

What was the culture called that Hellenic people shared?

Answer 40

Panhellenic culture

Question 41

How were greeks politically?

Answer 41

They were disjointed and went to war with each other but are all culturally similar

Question 42

What consists of a panhellenic culture?

Answer 42

they shared religion/gods, 'arete', shared sanctuaries (Oracle of Delphi), festivals, art and architecture

Question 43

What is arete?

Answer 43

translated to excellence, virtue, and goodness.

Question 44

How to get arete?

Answer 44

People train arete and when they overcome arete they become good and beautiful

Question 45

What does Paideia mean?

Answer 45

means education. Arete could be developed through paideia

Question 46

What kind of masculine arete are there?

Answer 46

being strong, providing, mentally strong, train both body and mind, brave, courageous, serve civil duty.

Question 47

How to display arete?

Answer 47

through sculptures, striving for realism, idealism, and naturalism. Imitate excellence