Bronze Age Flashcards

1
Q

_______ dug up ruins of bronze age and proof of trojan war - rejected that it was a myth

A

Henerich Shlieman

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2
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________ was an archaeologist that dug up a palace - discovery of the Myceneans and Minoans

A

Sir Arthur Evans

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3
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Explain the Trojan war

A

Many kings banded together under the leadership of one king, and they sailed to troy and besieged it and fought a ten year long war

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4
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_____ was the foremost site of the Bronze Are culture in the Agean Sea

A

Crete

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5
Q

King minoe ruled greece and all surrounding areas, gained power due to his _______

A

sea power

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6
Q

Greeks had to pay King Minoe taxes which were? What did he do with these taxes?

A

7 boys and 7 girls to his palace in Cnssos

Minos would feed these children to his stepson, a minotaur

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7
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Minos’ wife cheated on him with a ____

A

bull

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8
Q

______ son of the king of Athens, was one of these tax children

______ _____ _______fell in love with him

She gave him a _____ and some _____

______ killed the minotaur; he escaped with
Minos’ daughter and then abandoned her

A

Theseus, son of the king of Athens, was one of these children

King Minos’ daughter fell in love with him

She gave him a sword and some string

Theseus killed the minotaur; he escaped with Minos’ daughter and then abandoned her

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9
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Stone ages included these three eras? explain them

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Palaeolithic era - flinsstones typa beat - early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees and were hunters and gatherers. They used basic stone and bone tools, as well as crude stone axes, for hunting birds and wild animals.

Mesolithic era - a transition from large chipped stone tools and hunting in groups of large herd animals to smaller ( microliths ) chipped stone tools and a more hunter-gatherer culture

Neolithic era - began when some groups of humans gave up the nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle completely to begin farming. Agricultural revolution

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10
Q

The ____ of ______ was a wo story structure built from clay and wooden framing with hundreds of people living inside

A

the House of Tile

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11
Q

________ was one of the places where early civilization developed. Ie cities, large scale irrigation, large populations, government, trade networks, legal system etc

“Cradle of Civilization” because many of the world’s oldest civilizations began in this area

A

Mesopotamia

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12
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_______ were known for their sea palaces, colourful art inside of them often decorated with sea life

A

Minoans

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13
Q

where are the minoans from?

A

Come from turkey and ukraine, found by using dna

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14
Q

Frescoes are

A

mural paintings

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15
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Minoans were discovered when ____ was dug up. Describe it

A

Palace at knossus n

Discovered when a large palace was dug up

Huge 3 acres large, 3 stories tall, no wall or weapons as they did not need protection being an elite sea power

Palace is the centre of community - distribution of goods, food, marriage, everything happens there

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16
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A shaft grave is

A

Expensive way of burying royal family members

17
Q

Describe:
Linear A script
Linear B tablets

A

Linear A script - Cannot be deciphered
Linear B tablets - clay tablets with an indo european language (early form of greek)
- used for economic transactions of the palace administration

18
Q

________ came Later in bronze era, took control of crete

A

Later in bronze era, took control of crete and mycenaean palaces appear on Greece and Crete

19
Q

Describe the Mycenaeans hierarchy (hint there are 6)

A

King
Leader of army
Lords
Knights
Craftsmen
Slaves

20
Q

The Mycenaeans kingdom was divided into
___ provinces
___ districts
____ communal villages, each with a leader

A

How kingdom was divided

2 provinces
7 districts
200 communal villages, each with a leader

21
Q

How did the Myceneans end? (2)

A

Socioeconomic agents (domino effect):
- Mass migration
- More complicated = more vulnerable to collapse
- Civilizations are rigid so they cannot move to find new resources

or

Dorian invasion
- hercules’ sons got driven out
- hos grandsons came back and invaded

22
Q

Tholos tombs are…

A

Beehive tomb used by Mycs to bury their dead
Built into slopes of hills