HIST 201 : History Exam 1 Notes
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Ancient greek civilization: homer, greek poet who lived between 750-650 bc, most famous for his long scale poems iliad and the odyssey. Iliad: poem about the trojan war that lasted ten years. Lebanon and parts of syria: greeks were not semitic, they were indo-european, they borrowed the phoenician alphabet. Increase in population: rebirth of cities, more complex agriculture, grapes and olives come back, this is a sign that trade was coming back, athens is the only city from the mycenaean era that survives into the. Increase in trade goes hand in hand with colonization: the colonies were independent of the mother colony, they had their own leaders but kept connections in terms of trading, religion, and culture. Solon much bigger: made land ownership no longer a criteria for citizenship, divides athens into 10 districts, allows for kind of an equal representation. Implemented ostracism: ostracism, an attempt to prevent future tyrants, a vote that takes place by all citizens.
