CLS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Acropolis Of Athens, Marseille, Greco-Persian Wars
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Rich artistic tradition depiction nature scenes and religious imagery. The early iron age (dark ages) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Rise of creek city-states: athens, corinth, and sparta. Often ruled by tyrants (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Continued colonization: southern italy and sicily, massalia, north africa and. 450s - 440s bce height of athenian power. 434 - 404 bce peloponnesian war between athens and sparta. 323 bce alexander the great dies in babylon (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) 307 bce athens is captures by the macedonians. 197 bce rome defeats philip v of macedonia. 146 bce l. mummius sacks and destroys corinth. And they adapted things from their neighbors (alphabet) Greece was very geographically diverse (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Ethnic and linguistic distinctions - dorians and ionians. Those who didn"t know greek were called barbarians. No concept of a uni ed greece or government (cid:12254)
