[CLASSICS 1M03] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (72 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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Greece geography: no part of mainland greece is more than 35 miles from the sea, very rocky terrain creates difficulty in making roads and communication, most communication and movement of goods was by the sea. Greece was not a nation : greek communities spread throughout mainland greece and the mediterranean, common greek language, customs and religion, but never a unified state, polis (greeks identity and citizenship chiefly by polis, ethnoi (rural regions) Sources on ancient greece: physical (material) record, written records. Periodization of greece: minoan civilization (c. 2700-1600 bce, mycenaean civilization (c. 1900-1200 bce) Iron age or dark age greece (1000-776 bce: archaic period (776-480 bce, classical period (480-323 bce, hellenistic period (323-31 bce) Sources: no written greek sources until at least 7th century bce -> homer, prehistory -> myth and legend, physical records (archaeology, graves/tombs, wall paintings, sculpture, pottery, tools, weapons, written records.
