HIS 220 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ionian Revolt, Ostracism, Tyrant
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An attempt to find new places to trade with and to build settlements. Greek colonies were not reliant on their metropolis, but independent. They either settled or created a new, independent poleis or they established an emporia (a trading site within the colony). A usurper of power, but not necessarily a wicked one. A man with military and political experience and was in a position to gain the support of the economically and politically oppressed. Would (cid:396)ule auto(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272)all(cid:455) o(cid:396) th(cid:396)ough his state"s e(cid:454)isti(cid:374)g politi(cid:272)al (cid:373)a(cid:272)hi(cid:374)e(cid:396)(cid:455). Set up by the people in response to the nobility becoming less tolerable. Greeks borrowed letters from the phoenician alphabet to develop their own. Either took up a writing system for the purpose of writing down epic poetry or for commercial. Numbers of people who could read and write increased over time, but mass literacy was never achieved. Hoplites were soldiers in the army most of the time they were a militia.
