CS 3550E Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Ancient Greece, Etruscan Civilization, City

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3550E
• Professor: Elizabeth Greene

Document Summary

Italian periods of time: prehistoric iron age, 1000 753 bce, historical periods, archaic period, monarchy, 753 509 bce, republican period, 509 31 bce. Imperial period: 31 bce 330 ce, late antiquity, starting in the late 3rd century, christian rome, 330 ce. What is left behind: complex settlements, architecture, standing buildings, city plans, streets, open spaces, artifacts, pottery, metal, ecofacts, seeds, pollen, tombs and bioarchaeology, human remains, funeral goods, written records. Inscribed stones: written documents, texts, letters, literature, ruins, buildings, stone, grains, animals bones, location of burials, tablets, edicts. Dating: absolute dates: determined by known scientific or historical processes, can be determined by historical records that give a specific date of construction for a building or year of reign of an emperor or provincial governor. Italy: geography and resources: the apennine mountains down the spine of italy, the western side was more developed, early cities were focused there, metals were mined from these mountains.