CLAS 1000H Chapter 4: Greek Culture Textbook Vocabulary

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Classical Culture
• Course: CLAS 1000H
• Professor: Wolkow

Document Summary

Fertile crescent- band of well-watered land from the persian gulf in the east to the. Mediterranean sea, along the tigris and euphrates river. Neolithic revolution- (5000-3000 bce) new stone age , signified by domestication of animals and crops, and shift towards sedentary village life. Indo-european- family of languages from europe and asia including sanskrit, Greek, latin, english, irish, gothic and early persian. Proto-indo-european- single prehistoric group speaking a language that was the ancestor of all modern indo-european languages. Probably migrated across europe and south asia, displacing other groups. Secondary product revolution- shift in use of domesticated animals, from only using them for meat to use of those animals for traction, milk and wool etc. Early bronze age- (3000-2300 bce) craftsmen learning to mix copper with tin and make bronze, harder metal than just copper as used previously. Lerna- city in greece where house of tiles was built in the early bronze age.