CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture 3: geometric period
28 Feb 2019
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Submycenaean- 1125-1050 bc: protogeometric- 1050-900 bc, early geometric- 900-850 bc, middle geometric- 850-760 bc. [dark age: population decline on main land c. 750 bc, where did they go, philistine, raiding/ piracy, later greeks believed that there was a period of mass migration, dorians moved to lower peloponnese, others moved to ionia. Low point in 1000 bc: loss of figural art, frescos, gold, ivory, monumental architecture, bronze, linear b, loss of linear b lead to development of greek language. Bce: naturally occurring in greece, but expensive to work, becomes the new high-status material, although by the 8th cent. Bc, it becomes increasingly used for everyday objects. Iron trade: merchants from levant, greece acted as trade route stopover (for phoenician merchants, assyrian wars on conquest c. 8th cent. Bc: necessitated iron armor and weapons, lead to increasing prosperity, economically, politically, and culturally. [ eastern contacts: merchants, 1050-925 bc: few greek exports, archaeological record-- eastern merchants in greece, phoenician presence on crete.
