CLA204H1 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Zeus, Greek Mythology, Athena
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The greeks are a group by shared language and culture but not shared government. Greece used to be split up into little city-states which each had their own governments. Completely politically centralized (rome the city controlled the entire geographical area) Anyone in the area is considered a roman . Many different cultures and they didn"t exactly share the same language. All surrounding cultures (e. g. , egyptian) influenced them and they influenced others (they greco-roman cultures) Some myths take place during the late bronze age but there is no literary works written in these ages. Started with the death of alexander the great. 380 is when the roman empire becomes officially christian. Date counts how many years from day 0. Basically, counting from the change from bce to ce, marking that as 0. 5th century = 400 bce (subtract 100) Usually stories about the gods (ancient myths)
