Exam 2 Study Guide Flashcards
What were the Minoans like?
Luxurious, peaceful, had many palaces
What were the Mycenaeans like?
Warlike
What were the dark ages/geometric pd like?
We don’t know much. It was assumed to be a dark age, but there is evidence of good trade
What was the Archaic Pd like?
Cultural revolution, age of Tyranny, Crisis in the Polis, ends with Persian wars
What was the Classical Pd like?
Delian League, Athens takes over, Athens becomes the cultural center, monuments, plays, philosophy, etc boom
What was the Hellenistic Pd like?
Macedonian rule
When was the 1st Persian war?
490
When was the 2nd Persian war?
480-479
When was the Peloponnesian war?
431-404
Administrative complex (“palace”)
Multiple story complex that was an admin center as well as where the leader’s family would live
Bull leaping
Minoans were famous for bull-leaping, had art of it, it may have been religious
Central court
Main part of the palace
magazine
storage vessel
Citadel
Seat of the ruler, where his family would live, heavily defended
Cyclopean masonry
Rough boulders, later Greeks thought the Cyclops had built this
Megaron
Ceremonial throne room
Shaft graves
Family burials filled with gold and weapons
Lion Gate
Gate with relieving triangle, lead into Mycenae, huge lions, wall jutted out
Tholos tomb
Tombs for the ruler and family, huge, doorway w/ relieving triangle, 40 ft tall, Reused for generations
Linear A
Non-Greek, Minoan, Cannot read it
Linear B
Greek, Mycenaean, can read
Greek Alphabet
Came in the Greek Renaissance, adapted from Phoenicians
Delian League
150 Greek states united, leader- Athens, Goals- stop Persia, revenge, booty
Athenian Empire
Athens takes charge of Delian League, won’t let people leave, Democracy is tied to the Empire
Hoplite
Citizen soldiers, state provided armor, organized ranks
Tyrant
“Big man” one who seizes control by irregular means, popular leader
Democracy
diffusion of political power throughout male citizen body
Oligarchy
Rule by a few
Monarchy
Rule by one
Xenia
guest/host relationship overseen by Zeus
Geras
Prize, representation of time