Classical Studies 1000 Final: Term 1 ALL NOTES.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

3000-700 bc: bronze, iron, & dark ages. 323-30 bc: hellenistic age- means greek-like, alexander the great. Agglutinative- how it was designed to look like a maze. They were not afraid of attackers; no walls around buildings. Bull leapers- myth of bull, bull was sacred. Marine art- proud of their sea heritage. Palace culture of crete (1700-1500 bc) centralized government. Better tools due to bronze people do other things. Need for new technologies contact w/ other cultures. Used as port counted on other powers for protection. Humans have lived in greece for 40000 years, however is not until the neolithic age (c 7000 bc) that the cultivation of plants began to occur. The next major advance in prehistoric greece was the discovery of bronze, which was the superior metal of the time. The first greek speakers were indo- europeans that first appeared c 2000. They destroyed much of greece, and rebuilt it with the greek language at its heart.