WOH 2001 Midterm: Mid Term Study Guide.docx
15 Mar 2013
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Minoa inhabitants of crete during 3000bce who had used bronze and had developed a maritime/nautical network to suit their near-sea climate. (palace complex). Knossos was a palace-dominated city-state within minoa that actually had running water and air conditioning and had a labyrinth for defensive purposes. Mycenae were inhabitants of modern-day turkey and asia minor who conquered minoa. Homer was a blind poet who wrote the illiad and the odyssey. Illiad was an epic that was the story of the trojan war. Odyssey was an epic that was the story of a hero named odysseus after the trojan war and has more mythology than the illiad. Polis a city-state within greece that had a structured society containing a hierarchy. Sparta was a military state that had two kings and a 28 person council. Athens was a democracy within ancient greece. Had classes that were broken down to: farmers, crop rotators, aristocrats, artists, and royalty.
