Overview of the Ages

Question 1

Greece is a ____________ with a vast __________

Answer 1

mountainous with a vast coastline

Question 2

Greece was a collection of settlements that ______ politically unified

Answer 2

weren’t

Question 3

Many greeks settled on _____________. This made ________ unknown places where gods and monsters were found

Answer 3

cultivated planes

mountains

Question 4

Summarise the Mycenaean Age:

Answer 4

1600-1100 BC
First culture to leave remains (Lion gate in Mycenae)
Specialised society that wrote in Linear B
Central and highly organised governments

Question 5

What is linear B?

Answer 5

Linear B is a syllabary composed of 89 symbols

Was used to write inventories but not stories

Question 6

Summarise the Dark Age:

Answer 6

1100-800BC
Population became primitive
No specialised objects found only simple things like pots
Culture died for unknown reasons

Question 7

Summarise the Archaic Age:

Answer 7

800-479BC
Greek language develops
Literature including myths from this age
Homer (700BC)

Question 8

Who is Homer?

Answer 8

The supposed writer of the Iliad and Odyssey

May be more than 1 writer as the 2 poems are in different styles

Question 9

Summarise the Classical Age:

Answer 9

479-321BC
Myths portrayed in different genres
Pindar Odes were written
Mass consumption of mythic material

Question 10

Summarise the Hellenistic Age:

Answer 10

321-31BC
Age of scholarship
Royal patronage of arts was common

Question 11

Give a brief history of Rome

Answer 11

753BC founded in Archaic Age by Romulus
510BC republic is established
31BC de-facto control by first emperor (Augustus from 27BC)