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Greece Flashcards

1
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what was the greek terrain like?

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It was very rocky and mountainous

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2
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How was greek politically?

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Disjointed

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How were they ethnically and linguistically?

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Diverse, and eventually become homogeneous

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what do we know about the cycladic civilization

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no written alphabet, everything we know is from archeology

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what were cycladic figurines like?

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they were of fertility goddesses (like Ishtar in Gilgamesh)

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What was the minoans?

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the next civilization after the cycladic civilization

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7
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Where was the minoan civilization centered around?

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the island of crete

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What kind of alphabet did the minoans develop?

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Linear A

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What were Knossos?

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they were minoan palaces (compared to ziggurats) political, econimic and religious center and a redistributive economy

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10
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What were the minoan figurines like?

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Polytheistic and fertility goddesses

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what were minoan frescoes

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tells us about their everyday life, religious processions, social activities, and politics

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What did the Goddess figurines look like?

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Looked like Ishtar, she was a role model for these figures, copied from Mesopotamia

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What was the Theira Eruption

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it was an eruption from a volcano that caused the decline of minoan civilization and left them vulnerable

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14
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What civilization came after Minoan civilization

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the Mycenaean civilization

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how was the Mycenaean civilization culturally influenced?

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influenced by the minoans

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What was their script/writing known as

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Linear B

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17
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What was Linear B used to record?

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record tribute, and list of goods being collected and distributed. Earliest form of greek

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18
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What were Wonax

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greek kings, warrior manrachy

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19
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Where were wonox buried?

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in Tholos Tumb

20
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How did Mycenaeans become wealthy?

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through raiding other city-states. Raided the west coast of Asia Minor for treasures

21
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How did the bronze ago/mycenaean civilization end?

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Dorian invasion, palaces were destroyed ending the bronze age

22
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What were Dorians also known as?

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The sea people

23
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What followed the Dorian invasion?

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the “Dark Ages”

24
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What happened in the dark ages?

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literacy disappears and urbanism population decreases

25
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What passages were written in the dark ages?

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Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, which was epic poetry

26
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How were memories preserved in the dark ages?

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through poetry

27
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What did the Iliad allow us to get insight on?

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insight on the dark age norms, it was a highly patriarchal society

28
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Why was political legitimacy questioned in the dark ages?

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because they stopped basing legitimacy in connection to the divine. You dont need to be related to the gods to be a king

29
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What was the archaic period?

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the end of the dark ages because literacy returns

30
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What dialects were used in archaic period

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attic, doric, and ionian

31
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What kind of alphabet is used?

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phonetic, they developed vowels and have 24 letters

32
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What is a polis

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city-state

33
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what was a polis built around?

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Acropolis, built around a mountain

34
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What consisted of a polis?

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countryside (villages), astu and agora

35
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What was the astu

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city center was below the polis

36
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what was the agora

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shopping and commerce took place, aka town square

37
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What was choria

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it was the country that surrounded the polis

38
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What were Hellenes?

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despite being scattered, greeks have a common identity, considered to be the same people

39
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What were the people that werent Hellenes called?

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Barbarians (non-greek speakers)

40
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What was the culture called that Hellenic people shared?

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Panhellenic culture

41
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How were greeks politically?

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They were disjointed and went to war with each other but are all culturally similar

42
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What consists of a panhellenic culture?

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they shared religion/gods, ‘arete’, shared sanctuaries (Oracle of Delphi), festivals, art and architecture

43
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What is arete?

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translated to excellence, virtue, and goodness.

44
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How to get arete?

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People train arete and when they overcome arete they become good and beautiful

45
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What does Paideia mean?

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means education. Arete could be developed through paideia

46
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What kind of masculine arete are there?

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being strong, providing, mentally strong, train both body and mind, brave, courageous, serve civil duty.

47
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How to display arete?

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through sculptures, striving for realism, idealism, and naturalism. Imitate excellence

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