CLST 102 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ancient Greece, Hesiod, Classical Athens
12 Oct 2018
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CLST 102
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
INTRO TO GREEK CIVILIZATON DAY 1
TA: Kristen Jones [email protected]
- Contact via email and by appointment
- They offer tutorials before each test and final exam
Required text: the world of Athens. An introduction to classical Athenian culture, 2nd edition.
Test and exam format:
- Multiple choice and fill in the blanks with greek words
Readings are on onQ
Greek civilization is a maritime civilization—greek speaking people colonized areas on the
coasts of Europe and Africa
The romans didn’t shut down greek civ in the time of alexander the great.
Sources about greek civ comes from written sources—Inscriptions (laws, decrees, official
documents, graffiti) and literary works (historical works or other genres, contemporary or later
than the events). There are biases with all written sources. Some information is lost because
those writing it may not have thought it was important.
Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon are the major sources on Athenian history.
Xenophon wrote about what happened after the war
Herodotus and Thucydides wanted to find why things happened.
The Athenians wrote on stone things that happened in the government because they wanted their
citizens to be informed about what was happening. Athens is a democracy and the citizens have a
say in the decisions so it is important that the citizens know what is happening in the
government.
Archaeological sources aren’t good at telling events that happened (life of people, political
events) but are good at telling about prosperity and the materials used.
Written sources show who was educated.
BRONZE AGE GREECE (3000-1200 BCE)
- Cycladic civilization
o 2500BC-1900BC
o Biggest civilization
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o Non greek civilization—this is based on language
o Made small sculptures out of marble
- Minoan civilization
o Non greek civilization—based on language—was not speaking greek
o In what is now Crete
o Minos was the first person to have naval power (this is based on oral tradition)
- Mycenaean civilization
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One of the most defining features of the Minoan civilization are palaces. The largest palace is the
Palace of Knossos. There is a central authority (kings) that make decisions on how to use the
resources.
In the Minoan civilization, they wrote on clay tablets in a language known as Linear A. For they
most part they spoke to each other and remembered facts however they wrote down things like
policies, and taxes.
There is a more complex form of writing known as Phaistos disc.
Only people who have a high level of education could use the disks and writing because it was
fairly difficult. Common people did not use them.
The language of Minoan is not Greek this is known because they don’t fit in the general family
of languages in which Greek is one. Minoans are no directly related to the Greek.
Mycenaean
The language of the Mycenaeans is part of the Greek family and has roots back to Greek
language.
The burials of royalty were extravagant—they had glod death masks and large underground
tombs.
Athens was a Mycenaean site.
“fountain house” tunnels of water so even under siege people in the castle could get water.
Mycenaean’s write in linear B. this script is an early form of greek.
The tablets were lists of objects owned and in the palace.
War was important—there was a lot of resources in one area and they needed to guard them and
keep intruders out.
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Document Summary
They offer tutorials before each test and final exam. An introduction to classical athenian culture, 2nd edition. Multiple choice and fill in the blanks with greek words. Greek civilization is a maritime civilization greek speaking people colonized areas on the coasts of europe and africa. The romans didn"t shut down greek civ in the time of alexander the great. Sources about greek civ comes from written sources inscriptions (laws, decrees, official documents, graffiti) and literary works (historical works or other genres, contemporary or later than the events). Some information is lost because those writing it may not have thought it was important. Herodotus, thucydides and xenophon are the major sources on athenian history. Xenophon wrote about what happened after the war. Herodotus and thucydides wanted to find why things happened. The athenians wrote on stone things that happened in the government because they wanted their citizens to be informed about what was happening.
