CLST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dimini, Sesklo, Greek Basket League

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 200
• Professor: George Bevan

Document Summary

Greek history began in the neolithic era (stone age: with withdrawal of ice sheets, agriculture became possible. Codified laws became required (land ownership, marriage, inheritance rules) Hunter gatherers were essentially taken over by farmers. Much higher prevalence of disease, hunter gatherers did not have resistance to disease (killed off: the fertile crescent (mesopotamia and egypt) was ideally suited for early settlements, neolithic revolution reached greece ~ 7000 bc. Arrival of european language to greece between 2100-1600 bc. Animal husbandry (domesticated oxen) and the invention of the plough. Land began to have greater and greater value (codified transmission of land in family) Social stratification became a thing (chief would receive a lot of thing)- greatly increased the advance of material culture. Agrarian communities have more disease and individuals have to work a lot harder. The dream back in the neolithic era of agrarian society was greatly pushed/influenced by religion: secondary products revolution 11000-5000 bc.