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78 Cards in this Set
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When was the Cycladic age?
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2500-2000 BC
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When was the Minoan age?
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2000-1600 BC
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When was the Mycenaean age?
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1600-1100 BC
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When was the Dark Age?
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1100-800 BC
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When was the Archaic age?
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800-500 BC
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When was the Classical age?
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500-330 BC
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Who were the Indo-Europeans?
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Nomadic people in Central Asia that started to spread 4000 years ago.
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In regards to the Persians, what was happening during 600-500 BC?
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The Persians were expanding and getting closer to Greece. They conqured Mesopotamia and Egypt.
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When did the Persians run into the Greeks?
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around 500 BC
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What was the first stage of Greek civilization?
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Cyclodic
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Why wasn't the population during the Cyclodic age actually Greek?
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They weren't decended from Indo-Europeans.
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Why is trading such a huge part of Greek culture?
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Because Greece is made up of a bunch of small islands, and each individual island can't provide fully for itself.
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What was the culture like during the Cycladic period?
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there was music, dancing and other arts. They lived in a fixed location, warm climate, certain level of technology but not totally urban. PEACEFUL, NOT URBAN.
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What was the second stage of Greek civilization?
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Minoan
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Where was the Minoan civ located?
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Crete
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Were the Minoans Greek?
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no
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What writing method did they use?
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Linear A
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Can we decifer Linear A?
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no
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What was the culture like during the Minoan period?
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had cities, peaceful, urban. No weapons in graves, no walls
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What was the 3rd stage of Greek civilization?
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Mycenaean
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Were the Mycenaeans Greek?
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yes
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What did they speak/write in?
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Linear B
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What was the Mycenaean culture like?
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cities were fortified so warlike, urban, no arts only business records
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Who was the king of Mycenae?
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Agamebnan
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What did Agamebnan fight in?
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Trojan war
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What started the Trojan war?
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Agamebnan's brother who was the King of Sparta's wife was kidnapped by the prince of Troy.
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How long did the Trojan war last according to The Iliad?
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10 years
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When did Mycenae collaps?
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1100 BC
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What was the 4th stage of Greek civilization?
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Dark Age
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What characterized the Dark age?
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loss of all art forms, everything more primitive, decline in population, a lot of cities abandoned
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Which city continued to function during the Dark Age?
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Athens
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How do we know that cities were abandoned during the Dark Age?
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gravesites had a huge gap where bodies from that time were not present.
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What was the 5th stage of Greek civilization called?
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Archaic Age
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What characterized the Archaic age?
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arts started coming back, less primitive, pottery and weapons got better, population goes up
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How were people writing during the Archaic Age?
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Phoenician alphabet
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Who else was using the Phoenician alphabet during the Archaic Age?
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Lebanon, Israel, Syria
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Why is the phoenician alphabet important?
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Greeks passed it to Romans who passed it to us.
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What was written around 700 BC?
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The Iliad
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How long after the Iliad was the Odysee written?
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50 years
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Why is the Iliad so important?
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it tells us about the culture and gods of ancient Greece
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Who wanted to be Achilles from the Iliad?
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Alexander the Great
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What else happened along with population growth during the Archaic age?
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sending out colonies all over the mediteranean
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During the Archaic age, what other civilization was expanding?
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Persians
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What is a polis?
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city-state. Geographically a city but politcally an independent country
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What happened with the Persians around 500 BC?
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They had conquered a lot of city-states but they rebelled with the help of Athenians
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What happened with the Persians around 490 BC?
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conquered city-states again but now wants to conquer Greece so that rebellion won't occur again.
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How are the Greek and Christian versions of creation different?
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Greek-started from chaos and just happened that earth was born, no real author.
Christian-God is the author, thought out plan |
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What was earth called according to the Greeks?
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Gaia--broad bossomed earth who gives birth to everything else.
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What greek goddess was important to Athens and what qualities did she possess?
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Athena-wisdom, justice, warrior goddess
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Who were the Delphic games for?
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Apollo
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Who were the Olympics for?
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Zeus
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Which were the 2 main city-states?
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Athens and Sparta
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Who dominated the city-state?
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the wealthy
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What was the foundation for wealth during Archaic age?
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land
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Who were the soldiers during the Archaic age?
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hoplites - middle/upper middle class
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Why were hoplites of the Archaic age always middle/upper class?
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they had to pay for their own weaponry
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What is a phalanx?
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combat formation
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Who created the political system for Sparta?
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Hergus
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What was Sparta made up of?
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small groups of villages who came together at the end of the Dark Age
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Who were the Mesimians?
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people of the Peloponese area that were conquered by Spartans and uses as slaves after rebelling
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When were the Mesimians conquered by the Spartans?
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700's BC
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What are the 3 classes of people called in Sparta?
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homioi, perioeci, helots
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In Sparta, who were the hemioi?
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equals, full citizenship rights
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In Sparta, who were the perioeci?
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peripherals, free but had no full citizenship rights
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In Sparta, who were the helots?
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slaves, decendants of mesimians
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What role does the government of Sparta have in a newborns life?
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they decide whether it lives or dies.
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What did Spartan boys do from 0-7?
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stayed home with mother
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What did Spartan boys do from 7-13?
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training
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What did Spartan boys do from 13-20?
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serious training
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What did Spartan boys do at 20?
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had to kill a helot in order to join Krypteia
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What did members of the Krypteia do?
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steal and not get caught, harass helots
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at 30, what did a member of Krypteia do?
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if they hadn't wimped out they became an equal or a homioi.
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Who was part of the Spartan congress?
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Homioi (equals)
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What did Spartan men who were homioi status do at 60?
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eligible for gerousia
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What is gerousia?
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supervising counsel of sparta
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What is an Ephor?
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Ran sparta
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Why didn't Sparta have the arts?
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distracting from warfare
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What was money made of in Sparta?
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iron
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