CLASSICS 1M03 Final: classics exam.docx
4 May 2015
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Largest bronze age archaeological site and considered europe"s oldest city. 1900-> discovery of palace at knossos (sir arthur evans and crete) 3rd largest power in e. meditterean (2000 bce) residences, storehouses, workshops, courtyards, decorated ceremonial rooms. Hierarchy: wanax -> king (religious, judicial functions?) Administration: kingdom with central city/citadel, provinces districts, complex. Represented the first advanced civilization in mainland greece. Greece enters dark age (does not re emerge with states or centralized palace structures) General decline and collapse of palaces, nearby communities abandoned. C8th growth development, 2nd period state formation. Greece and greekness: not one state but many, rival states sharing a larger common culture. C8th: beginning of formation of individuals states, but also panhellenism (common beliefs) (olympics, delnhi) From the geometric return of the figuring (pottery) The greeks: mainland greece, aegan islands, ioia, colonial states (c. 730-580) C8th: from the geometric return of the figuring (pottery) Farmers fought, farmers formed army and government, providing for himself.
