Midterm 1 Flashcards
Sparta
- The most powerful city in the Greek world
- Patriarchal and polytheistic
- Economy based on agriculture
Spartan Mirage
Sources tainted by acceptance of an idealized image of Sparta
Sea Travel
- Easiest method of travel
- Tied Breeks to Near East and Egypt
- Useful for trade
Commonly traded items (Greek did not have)
- Raw materials: Bronze, silver and lead
Mediterranean climate
Long, hot dry summers - short, cool, moist winters(when the rain falls)
“Gaia”
“Mother Earth”
Mediterranean Triad
Grain(bread), Grapes(wine), Olives(oil)
Two largest domesticated animals
Horses, cattle
Horses
Prime markers of high rank: not only very expensive to maintain but useful only for riding and pulling light chariots
Unifying force within greek city-states
The citizen-farmers’ devotion to their small agricultural plain and willingness to die defending their “ancestral earth”
Primary dis-unifying force within greek city-states
Perpetual tension between those with much land and those with little to none
“Polis”
“City State”
The mountains
-Took up farm land(creates food anxiety, starvation, war)
- Create a lack of water as clouds get stuck
Natural resources by mountains
Silver, limestone, lumber
“Aigis”
“storm”
