HIST 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Magna Graecia, Minos, Diadochi
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Lecture 1: introduction -- studying greek history and sport. Lecture outline: a brief overview of ancient greek history. 2: how should we define sport? , course mechanics and administration. The period covered by the course = 800 bc - 200 ad (approx. Bc dates run backwards to the imaginary year zero. People in the south (like macedonia) were unsure of whether or not they were greek. Greece: is comprised of the islands, anatolia, macedonia, the greek peninsula etc. Greek = anyone who is a greek speaker. Alexander the great"s conquest of persia in the 4th c. bc led to the spread of greek culture and the. Greek language throughout the rest of the world. Greece was never completely isolated from the rest of the world. Greece was not originally a united country separated into several political entities/separate geographical settlements. The minoans (non-greek speakers living on the island of crete) ( name comes from king minos)
