ACS 210 Lecture 7: Pre-Classical
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Greek chronology: foundations of greek civilization (ca. 3500 1000 bce: minoans, mycenaean"s took off after 2000 bce, dark age, the archaic period (ca. 1000 500 bce: colonization, consolidation of the polis, the classical period (500 - 323 bce, golden age, athenian democracy, peloponnesian war, alexander the great, hellenistic period (323 31 bce, the world after alexander the great. Mycenaeans: city of mycenae, started up around 2000 bce, until alexander the great came along, the greeks cities and states were autonomous, the shared culture and ideas but had different governments, militarized society, traders, social complexity. Religion: polytheistic, formed pantheon, honouring gods with prayers, sacrifices, processions, music, dancing, sources: homer and hesiod, religion was reinforced through practice of cult. Cosmology: chaos, kosmos/cosmos order, form of the world has 3 levels, olympian olympic gods live here, middle humans and nymphs and nature deities live here, underworld hades and chthonian live here.