HIS 220 Lecture 4: Week 2, Thursday
Document Summary
Where is greece and what is its connection with the mediterranean world and the ancient near. Lack of unity between the different geographical areas: identified themselves by their city state, rather than greek. Slow transportation and communication: could only travel by sea for the most part. Poor resources =>sea and entrepreneurship (piracy, trade, & colonization: some of the first pirates. Rise of isolated communities (city-states) with independent socio-political organization that united for specific purposes. The hellenes identified with each other culturally (language, gods, etc. ) The bronze age (3000-1100 bce): minoans and mycenaean civilization. The dark/iron age (1100-800 bce): loss of writing and figurative art. Archaic period (800-479 bce): homer to the end of the persian wars. Classical period (479-336 bce): the end of the persian wars to the death of alexander. Hellenistic period (336-310 bce): death of alexander to the death of cleopatra. Roman period (309 bce 330 ce): death of cleopatra to constantine and the byzantines.
