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What are the four periods of ancient Greece?

And when were they?

A 
Dark Ages (1200-750 BCE)
Archaic Period (750-500 BCE)
Classical Period (500-336 BCE)
Hellenistic Period (336-146 BCE)

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Neolithic Age of ancient Greece?

What was it characterized by? (3)

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Neolithic Period (6000-2900 BCE)

  • This is when Greece was first settled
  • introduction of pottery
  • domestication of animals

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Bronze Age in ancient Greece?

What was it characterized by? (2)

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Early Bronze Age (2900-2000 BCE)

  • metalworking
  • expansion into Aegean islands and Crete

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Minoan Age?
Where was it located?
Where is the most important site?
How is it believed to have ended?

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Minoan Age (2000-1400 BCE)

  • Civilization on Crete, peaceful and known for pottery and sculpture
  • Best remains are the palace of Knossos near Heraklion
  • Ended by Mycenaean attack

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Mycenaean Age?

What was it characterized by? (4)

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Mycenaean Age (1100-600 BCE)

  • class structure and beginnings of Greek civilization
  • bridges
  • palaces
  • sculptures

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Dark Age in ancient Greece?

What let to the start of the Dark Age? (2)

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Dark Ages (1100-750 BCE)

  • After the Trojan war and a Mycenaean civil war left ancient Greece was depleted
  • Invasion from the Dorians led to a collapse into a dark age

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Dark Age in ancient Greece?

What characterizes its archeology?

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Dark Ages (1100-750 BCE)
Protogeometric and Geometric pottery

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Archaic Period in ancient Greece?

What was it characterized by? (2)

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Archaic Period (750-480 BCE)

  • Development of art and pottery
  • Roots of political theory and democracy

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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The Classical Period is the most well known “golden age” of ancient Greece, when was it?
What was it characterized by? (3)

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Classical Period (480-323 BCE)

  • Implementation of democratic systems of government
  • Building of the Parthenon
  • War with other empires such as Persia

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Hellenistic Period in ancient Greece?

What was it characterized by? (2)

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Hellenistic Period (323-146 BCE)

  • This is the period following Alexander the great conquering the Persian empire
  • Expansion into near and middle east

Sources

https: //www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/time-periods/
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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When was the Hellenistic Period in ancient Greece?

What ended it?

A 
Hellenistic Period (323-146 BCE)
The roman victory over the Corinthians at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BCE

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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What event started Classical Period and when?

What event ended the Classical Period and when?

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Start: The Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BCE
End: The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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Which succession of Political powers dominated the Classical Period? (4)

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Athens and the Delian League (5th ct. BCE)
Sparta (4th ct. BCE)
Thebes and the Boeothian League
Macedon and the Corinthian League

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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Which conflicts shaped the Classical Period? (4)

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Greco-Persian War
Peloponnesian War
Rise of Macedon
Battle of Corinth

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece

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Which virtues was the ideal man supposed to hold in the classical period?

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the ideal man was supposed to be “beautiful and good” an emphasis on physical and spiritual/mental excellence
art of the time deals with the ideal human form rather than specific individuals

Source:
Altes Museum Berlin (Führer)

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What were the four Panhellenic Games?

Where were they held?

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They were the sporting and religious games held in honour of the gods, they also marked passage time in ancient Greece
Olympic Games

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