Dark Age Flashcards
1
Q
Dark Age
A
1200-776
2
Q
collapse led to…
A
decreased population loss of literacy decline in pottery quality no administrative centers no skilled labour
3
Q
Iron Age
A
1050 smelting iron
strong for weapons
4
Q
Submycenean
A
1200-1050
no figures
not exported
inferior to mycenean
5
Q
Protogeometric
A
1050-900 greater skill symmetry and consistency patterns purified clay/glaze
6
Q
Geometric
A
900-750
figural art
no empty space
geometric shapes and patterns
7
Q
Pottery
A
used for funerals
shards are indestructible
large scale export
8
Q
Migration
A
1200-1000
across agean sea
fleeing to find prosperity
9
Q
Polis
A
1000-800
city state
agricultural surroundings
10
Q
Agora
A
center of Polis
economic and political
place of worship
religious festivals
11
Q
Temples
A
Pronaos
Naos
facing the east
for a specific god
12
Q
Religious festivals
A
Panhellenic
procession
sacrifice
feast
13
Q
Hero Cults
A
1000-800 no family competition myths stronger than humans shrines
14
Q
Heroon
A
Euboa 4 horses and 2 people man- cremated (hero) woman- jewery, knife to head (sacrifice) shrine to hero
15
Q
Colonization
A
800-450
movements from overpopulated Polis
Mother City sent colonists- Metropolis
ran into foreigners
