Dark Age & Archaic Greece Flashcards
1
Q
Invaded and destroyed the Mycenaeans
A
Dorians
2
Q
Dorians key city after invasion
A
Sparta
3
Q
Greeks called themselves
A
Hellenes
4
Q
Four major groupings of Greeks
A
Attic, Ionic, Aeolic, Doric
5
Q
Introduced dark age of Greece
A
Doric invasion - no writing, depopulation, deurbanization, scant constructions
6
Q
Time period after dark age
A
Greek archaic period
7
Q
Great achievement of Archaic Greece
A
Polis - the city-state
8
Q
Group that potentially upset Greek dark age
A
Phoenicians and their commercial success
9
Q
Greek spreading during early period
A
Colonisation, especially by Corinth, all over the Mediterranean
10
Q
Greek alphabet came from what group
A
Phoenicians
