Section 4

Question 1

Among the more visible forms of historical research going on today

Answer 1

Archaeology

Question 2

one of the major cities of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (ca. 900-612 BCE), where sculpted pieces of ivory were found

Answer 2

Nimrud

Question 3

used back then much the way plastic is today, to mold figures which were later either dyed or overlaid with precious materials

Answer 3

Ivories

Question 4

a German businessman and pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns

Answer 4

Heinrich Schliemann

Question 5

the city in and around which The Iliad of Homer takes place, found by Heinrich Schliemann

Answer 5

Troy

Question 6

an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer.

Answer 6

The Iliad

Question 7

an ancient Greek author and epic poet. He is the reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature

Answer 7

Homer

Question 8

an Archaic name for the pre-classical city of Troy, hence the title of Homer’s Iliad

Answer 8

Ilion/Ilium

Question 9

In the northwestern corner of Asia Minor, straits separating Turkey and Greece. a likely site for a powerful and prosperous city in prehistory

Answer 9

Hellespont

Question 10

Turkish village next to the plain where Heinrich Schliemann found “Troy”

Answer 10

Hissarlik

Question 11

mounds which were once ancient settlements and cities.

Answer 11

Tells

Question 12

a cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann at Hissarlik

Answer 12

Priam’s Treasure

Question 13

the level with the richest deposits and largest population—also belonged to an age long before Agamemnon could have led the Greek siege. Instead, the Troy that properly dated to Homer’s city, turned out to be a shabby resettlement of a once great city.

Answer 13

Troy VIIA

Question 14

the legendary home of Agamemnon in the northeastern Peloponnese (the southern part of Greece)

Answer 14

Mycenae

Question 15

nickname for Heinrich Schliemann because of his extraordinary instinct for where to dig

Answer 15

Father of Mediterranean Archaeology

Question 16

At Mycenae, Schliemann again unearthed the remains of a thriving, second-millennium culture now known as

Answer 16

Mycenean Civilization

Question 17

place where the Myceneans had entombed their rulers

Answer 17

Grave Circle

Question 18

gold artifacts which had been used to cover the faces of dead princes

Answer 18

Death Masks

Question 19

one of the most famous archaeological artifacts ever brought to light, gracing more books on Greek archaeology than perhaps any other single find. discovered by Schliemann in the Grave Circle

Answer 19

Mask of Agamemnon

Question 20

Schliemann’s records both of the excavations he conducted and of his business and personal affairs

Answer 20

Schliemann’s Diaries