CLAS 1051 Lecture 7: Archaic Greece
25 Sep 2016
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Note: these are notes i hand wrote and transferred into a digital format. Periods of greek history: bronze age 3000-1150 bc, dark age 1200-750 bc, archaic greece 750-500 bc c. i. 590 bc: classical period 500-323 bc d. i. Theory of six-fold increase in population in 8th century based on the number of sites found in resent years a. iii. More likely slower, constant growth over several centuries, same population can"t grow that quickly under such high mortality a. iv. States got crowded very quickly: economic growth b. i. From dependent peasants focusing on gaining more usable b. i. 3. Intensive farming of diverse crops by free holders, middling farmers b. i. 4. Imported labor (i. e. slaves) and grain b. i. 4. a. b. ii. More efficient and needed to be done quickly to b. ii. 2. keep goods from spoiling. A lot of these ships actually sink; divers investigate and do. Dna testing on these: cultural growth c. i.
