CLA230H1 : Terms Study Note
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The dark age: the dark age, occurring during the years 1200 800 bc, is a term used to describe the years of destruction and social reformatting in the iron age. 1000 bc, the population of greece was reduced to a third of what it had once been 300 years prior. By 900 bc, however, greece was beginning to rebuild its towns and re-establish foreign trade. The dark age is significant because it completely restructured greek society. Agriculture declined, architecture disappeared, and greeks lost the ability to read and write. The use of i ron was developed extensively during this period, which would affect military styles and agricultural practices for the centuries to come. Basileus emerged as the leaders of society during the dark age. The archaic age: the archaic age, occurring during the years 800 480 bc, is a term used to describe the years following the dark age and prior to the great wars of the 5th century bc.
