Chapter4 Flashcards
The 1st Indo-Europeans appeared in the Aegean around ______
2000 BCE
Gaia means ____ _______
The Earth
Greeks Gods inhabit mount _____
Olympus
Sailing through the Aegean was easy at any time of the year.
True
Minoan culture lasted from 2000 BCE to
1500 BCE
Theseus came from Sparta.
False
The years from 1600 BCE to 1200 BCE are known as the ____________ ____
Mycenaean Age
Mycenae was ruled by ______
Agamemnon
_____ was the author of the Iliad.
Homer
The Iliad lauds the glories of which civilization?
Mycenaean
Homer’s poets describe the Mycenaean past accurately.
False
The Myceanean Age was followed by ___ _____ ____
The Dark Age
Greek communities began to refer to themselves as the
Poleis
The Dark Age gave way to the ________ ______
Archaic Period
Greek Democracy was fully democratic in the modern sense.
False