CLST 110 Final: CLST110 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
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Keywords: golden age: a phrase used to describe athens that goes back to the 18th century. Admired for the impeiralism, culture, considered the peak culture compared to those before or after. Herodotus: the father of history, writer who documented the invasion of mainland greece by the persians. 2100 bc: this is the approximate date that the greek speaking people entered the region. 30 bc: this is when romans conquered the last independent greek colony. Bronze age: during this age we start to see prosperity and population growth, bronze tools, greek speakers, the civilization from this time comes to a cataclysmic end. Dark age: this is when greek somewhat disappears from the historical record, no technology, labour to build big palatial complexes, iron replaces the use of bronze. Archaic period: 750-480 bce, the ourishing period for art and architecture, culture leading up to the classical period. The archaic period ends with the second invasion of the persians.
