ANTH 4220 Chapter : CLASSICAL CHAPTER SIX.pdf
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Classical culture: chapter six: the growth of athens and the. Athens from the bronze age to the early archaic age. During the late bronze age athens was the largest and most important settlement on the attic peninsula. The rst sign of athenian recovery from the post-invasion slump is the appearance of. Athens continued without interruption as the central place within attica. The population around athens rose sharply during the 8th c. and new settlements appeared throughout attica, perhaps through internal colonization from the plain of. Athens did not colonize overseas during the late 8th c. After the dark age every settlement in attica considered itself athenian and attempted to declare its independence as happened elsewhere, nor were there subordinate populations. The early government of athens was aristocratic. One of the archons, called the basileus, administered the cults of the polis and judged lawsuits pertaining to cult property and other religious matters.
