CLAS 1000 Chapter 2: Chapter 2.doc

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

A brief history of ancient greece politics, society and culture. Chapter two the dark age of greece and the eight- century renaissance . The city-state (polis: monumental stone buildings were no longer standing and fine furniture were no longer commissions and even the art of writing was lost. Age quicker than regions in western greece: those who remained in greece life was simpler that it had been during the. Mycenaean-minoan palace period: farmers continues to farm, growing some crops, herders tended their flocks and women spun and wove their wool and flax like before. There was still potters, metal workers and carpenters that still practiced crafts. They still worshiped their gods and performed religious rituals: there was a great inventions in technology that would help pottery. For example potters were using compasses to make perfect arcs, half-circles, and concentric circles.