WOH 2012- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
Document Summary
Common language/culture unite: it"s good to be greek . The heroic ideal of the odyssey and the iliad. The nature of the greek world: gods as humans. Greek mythology explains the world & supports greek hegemony: makes other cultures look less cool . Alternative histories are one basis for greek grandeur. Greeks & their gods begin to unite under a common narrative: history! Rapid population growth gives rise to polis = city = citizenship = privilege. Alexander the great is the greatest advocate for panhellenism he wants a. Military revolution: hoplite warfare & the phalanx: hoplite: a foot soldier with a spear, phalanx: tight-knit battle formation with the shields out for protection. Military tactics evolution: phalanx = battle lines (homer). Homo sapiens: thinking man or skillful man : the human being"s family tree looks more like a bush, less like natural selection. Hominid: a humanlike creature: walking around in east africa 4. 5 million years ago.
