CLST 301 Study Guide - Final Guide: Greek Alphabet, Iliad, Latin
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The rise of individual greek city states circa 800 bc. Each city state had different: laws: calendars, coinage, government system. Each city state had similar: religion: cultural values language. Period of colonization around mediterranean (800-500 bc) Writing appears (in classical greek script around 800 bc) Greek literature (homer, who wrote "the iliad" and "the odyssey") letters of greek transliterated. Greeks have history of fighting each other, learned to work together. Philosophy emerged (socrates and plato in 5th century bc) Peloponnesian war (in classical period) (late 5th century bc) There was a fight to replace alexander"s death. More philosophy (aristotle 4th century bc) advances in anatomy, medical/biological studies. Expansion of roman world (3rd-2nd centuries bc) Roman empire by 44 bc conquered greece constant civil war. Caesar augustus era (late 1st century bc) End of roman empire (after 5th century ad) Over the next 1000 years, latin romantic languages. Cryllic greek (slavic) (look back into this)
