ATS 01 - Iron Age Flashcards
After the bronze age collapses which key new powers emerge?
List of 3
- Scythia
- Babylonia
- Rome
etc
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What are the key characteristics of iron that supported the takeover from bronze?
- Iron is used throughout the bronze age.
- Iron is associated with magic (mages).
- Trade in iron during the late bronze age was not part of elite exchange
- Elite trade breaks down, leading to increased dependency on iron.
- Iron had better durability for weapons (less hard edges).
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What happened to settlements in Mycenae?
Dramatically decreased (depopulated)
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What is the cup of Nestor?
- Found in Pithekoussai
- Made in 750-700BC
- Earliest example of written Greek.
- Possibly features a joke about sex and drinking.
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Where does the Greek alphabet originate?
The Greek alphabet originates with the Phoenicians.
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Where did Greeks found colonies?
Greeks founded colonies in
- Italy
- Turkey
- Sicily
- Southern France
- Spain
- North Africa
- All around the Black Sea
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What are the key attributes of Pithekoussai?
- Located at the base of Mt Vico
- Accessible by ship
- Close to trade routes
- Provides safety from native population
Safety was a significant concern.
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Describe Naucratis
Greek colony in Egypt.
Date from 1600 BC
9 different city states teamed up to found this colony.
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What special privileges did Naucratis have?
Naucratis was give special privileges by the king:
- Found their own temple
- Could collect taxes
- Oversaw the harbours
- Any foreigner who came to Egypt had to go to Naucratis.
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What were the causes of Colonization?
- Dramatic rise in populations of Greek cities
- Limited carrying capacity of agricultural regions inside Greece
- Increasing trade across the Mediterranean
- Serious political differences
* Rather than death you can be sent off.
- Not just trading post (like the Phoenicians), the Greeks were founding cities with a trade aspect
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What features of Greek identity did the colonies share?
List of 8 items
- Temples
- Theatre
- Bathing complexes
- Gymnasiums
- Language & writing
- Literature
- Cooking
- Pottery
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What is an example of Greek identity in colonial temples?
Paestum, Italy
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What is an example of Greek identity in colonial theatre?
Taormina, Sicily
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What is an example of Greek identity in colonial bathing complexes?
Morgantina, Sicily
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What did the Metropolis that founded a colony share with the colony?
- Political structure
- Laws
- Cults & temples
- Festivals
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What was independent between the founding metropolis and the colony?
- Foreign policy (semi-independent)
- Agricultural and industrial production
- Citizenship (did not transfer back to the metropolis)
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What was the nature of the Greek colonies?
Not an empire (like the British Empire) but the founding of independent colonies.
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What happened to Greek colonies?
From around 775 to around 500 BC Greek colonies were established around:
- Mediterranean
- Aegean
- Adriatic
- Black Seas
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What happened to the Greek colonies?
Many of the Greek colonies would go on to be major cities on their own (Syracuse for instance).
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What was the impact of the Greek world?
The Greek world was now much larger and the Greeks were in close contact with most cultures of the Mediterranean.
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What was the importance of the colonies to Greek History
Our understanding of Greek history from 775 onward must always include the colonies, which at times could eclipse even the power and cultural development of Greece.
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What were the Greek Colonies in Italy & Sicily known as?
Magna Graecia
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