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Midterm Flashcards

Key terms

1
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Menis

A

Anger

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Kleos

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Glory

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Geras

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War prize (Chryseis and Briseis)

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Stone Age

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Stone tools and weaponry

?-2000BC

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Bronze Age

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Bronze weaponry and tools
kings were social elite
(2000-1000BC)

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Iron Age

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Used Iron Metals for tools and weaponry

1000-1BC

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Dark Age

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Depopulation
Loss of writing system
Decreased Agriculture
First Olympic Games
Warriors are social elite
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Archaic Age

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Social Change
Upward Mobility
Polis (village to urban)
Citadel based cities
Commonly agreed laws
citizenship
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Minoan Civilization

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Came before Mycenean
Palace centered
(Knossos, Plaistow, Mallika, Zakros)

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Palace centered civilizations

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Mycenea
Tiryns 
Athens
Orchomenus
Thebes
Pylos
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Knossos, Crete

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Honey comb structures

decorated walls, ceilings and pillars

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Mycenean Civilization

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Walls
Warlike society
Wanax
Lions gate

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Megaron

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Central Great Hall

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Wanax

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King

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Heinrich Schleimann

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Found the tomb of Agamemmnon at 1879

also called treasury of Atreus

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Linear A/Linear B

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Two writing systems during bronze age.
Linear A: Not deciphered
Linear B: Deciphered

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Teichoskopia

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View from the wall

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Judgment of Paris

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Paris decides between Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena who wins the apple.
Paris picks Aphrodite and wins Helen.

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Boar’s tusk helmet

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Worn by the wealthy

worn by Odysseus

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Arete

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Excellence

21
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Aristos

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Best people

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Aristocracy

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Ruled by the best

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Aristea

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Period of excellence in battle

24
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Aegis

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Shoulder Armor

25
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Pietas

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Loyalty

Archaic Age

26
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Xenia

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Hospitality

Dark Age

27
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Sophrosyne

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Self-restraint

28
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Dorians

A

Greek Invaders
Helped by Spartan Ancestors
Caused Dark Age

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Athenian Grave 1

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Iron Knives
Broad swords
spear heads

30
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Athenian Grave 2

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Terra cotta clay chest
gold jewelry
Egyptian

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Basileis

32
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Shame culture

A

Overrides Kleos and Arete

33
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Hopkins Warrior

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Men with Shields and Spears

Archaic Age

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Phalanx

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Formation of Hoplites

35
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Polis

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Citadel based

Urbanization

36
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Asty

A

city

city center

37
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Asclepius

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God of Medicine

38
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Hippocrates

A

Father of Greek Medicine

39
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Asclepion

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Healing Temple

40
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Abaton

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Where people sleep in the Asclepion

41
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Poultice

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Plant Material to remove soreness and inflammation

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Hubris

A

overreaching ambitions

43
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Ethos

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Guiding Beliefs

Ideals within a community

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Barbaroi

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Non-Greeks

45
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Kosmos

46
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Structural Analysis

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Relationships between Gods

47
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Balkanization

48
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Kalokagathia

A

Beautiful and the good

49
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Megalopsychia

A

high-mindedness

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