Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture 5: Chapter 3.1- Emergence of Developed Cities in Greece

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2500A/B
• Professor: Beth Greene

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Chapter 3. 1: emergence of developed cities in greece. 1100-800 bc: called the dark age because there"s not much information about that period, people reverted to village life, lefkandi, athens. 800 bc: the rebirth; culture starts to come back, start seeing emergence of complex social structures again, art flourish. Emergence of polis in the archaic period. Emergence of sanctuaries (short discussion: samos, olympia. Also called dark age: greek renaissance 800/750-700 bc, archaic period 750/700-480 bc. Battle against the persians in 480 bc to usher in new age. M(cid:455)(cid:272)e(cid:374)aea(cid:374) (cid:862)pala(cid:272)e states(cid:863) did (cid:374)ot disappear all at o(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) bc: some stayed inhabited until ca. 1100 bc: gradual shift in settlement patterns. Not one single event: combination of reasons interrelated (cid:862)s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s (cid:272)ollapse(cid:863, extreme specialization. When one thing goes wrong, the whole thing breaks down. Could be a drought, raids: palace administration breaks down and the entire region around it also collapses. Rapidly, within a 100 yrs time period.