CLA160H1 Lecture 1: 2018-CLA160-Lecture1
Document Summary
Greeks and romans and who they interacted with. Mediterranean (important crops in these areas; olives and grapes. Wealth was focused west of the ionian sea. Greece was on the fringe of this wealthy and sophisticated society. Iron (or dark) age: c. 1200- c. 800 bce. Urban civilization as we know it begins to emerge. Classical period: c. 480 - c. 323 bce. Sparta and athens had a great deal of economic, cultural, and military success. Macedonia begins to assert control over aegean phillip ii and alex iii. Named the great because of military success. Beginning of this period was the death of alexander the great. Regnal period: c. 750 - c. 500 bce. Roman republic: c. 500 - c. 31 bce. 250 bce rome became the unchallenged power. After this left without external military threat. The principate": c. 31 bce - late 3rd century ad. Late antiquity" - roughly 4th - 7th century ad.
