HIST 2850 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Proskynesis, Medimnos, Seleucid Empire
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Chapter 1 early greece and the bronze age: megaron a large rectangular building that served as the focal point of mycenaean palaces. Its function as the great hall of the ruler continued into the reign of the dark age chiefs. In the city-states the ancient megaron achieved immortality as the basic plan of the greek temple: tholos a type of monumental above-ground stone tomb (shaped like a beehive) favored by te elites of the late bronze age. Chapter 2 the dark age of greece and the eighth-century renaissance (c. 1200-750/700 bc): basileus the term for the legitimate monarch, the king . In mycenaean society, the title pasireu denoted a village or district administrator; in the dark age basileis were the warrior chiefs who ruled the villages and districts. The hierarchy of basileis was replaced in the. In oligarchic states, full citizenship was frequently tied to the possession of a certain amount of land: oikos household .
