Quiz 3 Flashcards
(29 cards)
Who were the Hitties
An Indo-European people that entered Anatolia c.
~2000 BCE. They called themselves the People of the Land of Hatti.
What is the period of Hittite power
1600 - 1200 BCE
When were the Hittities most powerful
1400-1200 BCE
Where did the Hitties live and rule
Lived in Land of Hatti
Rules in Hattusa
What is the name of the Hittite storm god?
How was he born?
Teshub
Kumarbi bit off Anush’s genitals, swallowed it, became impregnated with Teshub, and then Kumarbi spit him out
Whom does Teshub overthrow?
His ‘father’ Kumarbi
Name the 12 Olympian gods, their sphere of activity and important attribute
- Zeus; Sky, Lightening and Thunder, Xenia, Kingship; lightning bolt, eagle
- Hera; marriage, kingship; peacock, scepter, veil
- Poseidon; Sea, Earthquakes; trident
- Hades; underworld; horse-chariot
- Demeter; earth, ag fertilityl ears of grain
- Aphrodite; goddess of love; mirror
- Apollo; medicine, prophecy, music; falcon, lyre
- Artemis; goddess of the wild, hunting, childbirth; deer
- Hermes; travellers, psychopomp; winged sandals
- Athena; goddess of strategic warfare, wisdom; helmet
- Hephaistos; blacksmith; hammer
- Ares; brutal, ugly war; helmet
Date of Early Bronze Age
3000-2100 BCE
Date of Middle Bronze Age
2100-1600 BCE
Date of Late Bronze Age and another name for it
1600-1150
Mycenean Age
Date of Dark Age
1150-800 BCE
Date of Archaic Age
800-400 BCE
What is Linear B and what language does it represent
Syllabic symbols mixed with pictographs
Early form of Greek
What is the relationship between Linear B and A
Linear B is adapted from Linear A
Who used Linear B
Mycenaeans
Who used Linear A
Minoans
Where did the Minoans live
Crete - Southeast of Greece and Southwest of Anatolia
What is the Minoan’s most important site
Knossos
Who conquered the Minoans and when?
Mycenaeans show up in 1490 but sack it in 1375
What architectural feature is most prominent in Minoan palaces?
Built around an open rectangle like a labyrinth
What architectural feature is most prominent in Mycenaean palaces?
Megaron
What does labrys mean? and labyrinth?
Ax
Place of the Double Ax
Name two important inventions/innovations of Archaic Age
Alphabetic writing
Palace formation
Stone structures
The Greek alphabet is derived from which script?
What is distinctive about it?
What did the Greeks do with this script to make it useful for themselves?
Borrowed Pheonician script and added vowels
One character = one sound
easy to memorize, easy to learn
