CLA 1101 Midterm: CLA 1101 miderm 1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1101
• Professor: Heather Loube

Document Summary

Cla 1101 test 1 study guide (february 1, 2017) - heather loube. Course context: ancient = bce (before common era, heredotus ( rst historian) Travelled europe and asked questions to people regarding the grecian/persian war (450 bce: labels: Graeci: romans called the greeks origination of modern name greek. Hellenes: greeks referred themselves as descendants of hellen (son of. Deucalion and pythia) (deucalion=greek version of the biblical character noah: climate: The sea: aegean sea, black sea, mediterranean; good sites of communication/ travel/trade, climate moderator. The hellas/mountains: dif cult to communicate across, bad for agriculture, little natural resources (mainly silver, gold, iron, timber-no copper or tin) Climate: hot, dry summer, rainy cool(er) winters. Delta - dimini (villages) also deca (one hundred. Area: asia minor, thessaly, crete, cyclades, peloponnese, phoenicia, siccily. Cities: knossos, mycenae, melos, learna, troy, thebes, dimini, lerna, athens. Landmarks: aegean sea, black sea, hellas, francthi cave, cyclades (volcanic island)