Classical Studies 2500A/B Midterm: 3.1 Iron Age/ Dark Age Greece

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2500A/B
• Professor: Beth Greene

Document Summary

Unit 3. 1 emergence of developed cities in greece. Look at greek sanctuary know (read chapter) places like samos. Iron age/ dark iron age/dark age greece, ca. 800 bc (cid:862) e(cid:271)irth(cid:863) culture (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s to (cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:271)a(cid:272)k, start seei(cid:374)g e(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) so(cid:272)ial stru(cid:272)ture. 480 important battle ushering greek classical role (persian war) Reasons for late bronze age collapse: mycenaean pala(cid:272)e states did(cid:374)(cid:859)t all disappear si(cid:373)ulta(cid:374)eous i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) Approx. inhabited till 1200-(cid:1005)(cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)bc; (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t just e(cid:374)d (cid:894)u(cid:374)less (cid:448)ol(cid:272)a(cid:374)o etc. ) Gradual shift in settlement patterns: not one single event. Extreme specialisation the mycenaean palace was very centralized one thing goes wrong collapse: m(cid:455)(cid:272)e(cid:374)aea(cid:374)(cid:859)s had conquered minoans, dominated pylos a lot of dominance. Palaces away continued b. c those closer relied on the countryside relationship further away you seemed to thrive more if you were away from a palace system ** important point * Lefkandi thrives in the early iron age and was far from a palace centered economy.