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Baker's Greece

Overview of Greece from Minoan civilization to Hellenistic Greece

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Minoan civilization dates 2000-1400 BC
Myceneaen civilization dates 1600-1100 BC
Greek Dark Ages 1100-750 BC
Greek Archaic period 750-500 BC
Greek Classical period 500-336 BC
Hellenistic period 336-146 BC
major island location of Minoans Crete
other archaelogical name for Minoan civilization Aegean palace civilization
main focus of Minoan civilization trade
how was wealth distributed in Minoan civilization spread among most people
Minoan civilization was the first of which type of civilization? leisure
Minoan art was focused on what goal? visual pleasure
Social status of people in Minoan civilization equality among people
Two forces that ended Minoan civilization volcano, Mycenaens
Main source of knowledge about Mycenaen civilization myths and stories
Main poet writing about events of Mycenaen civilization Homer
Amateur archaeologist who unearthed Troy Schliemann
Nature of people in Mycenaean civilization warlike
Distribution of wealth for Mycenaens centralized in monarchy
Role of Mycenaean king warlord
Name of civilization that may have ended the Mycenaen civilization Dorians
Main characteristic of artifacts from Greek Dark Ages no written records
Alphabet adopted by Greeks during Archaic age Phoenician
Greek word meaning city polis
Four major cities of Archaic Greece Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth
Aristocrat who introduced democracy to Athens Cleisthenes
Ruler of Athens who introduced a semi-constitutional aristocrach Solon
Two opponents in Persian Wars Greece vs. Persia
Opponenets in Peloponnesian Wars Athens vs. Sparta
Year that Persia tried to punish Greece for supporting insurgency 490 BC
Persian ruler who sent a fleet to punish Athens Darius I
Battle at which the Greeks defeated the Persians Marathon
Athenian general at the battle of Marathon Miltiades
Year in which Persia sent a land-based invasion against Greeks 480 BC
Persian ruler who sent land-based invasion against Greeks in 480 BC Xerxes I
Pass at which Spartans delayed Xerxes' forces Thermopylae
Spartan leader at Thermopylae Leonidas I
Outcome of invasion when Xerxes' forces broke through at Thermopylae Athens was burned
Sea battle in which Athenians defeated Persians after Athens was burned Bay of Salamis
Athenian leader in the Battle of Salamis Themistocles
Battle at which Spartan forces defeated Persians to end the Persian wars Platea
Alliance of Athens and other maritime Greek cities after the Persian Wars Delian League
Leading Greek stateman during the time of the Delian League Pericles
Major Greek structure built under the rule of Pericles Parthenon
Name for the Delian league during 5th century BC Athenian Empire
Pericles' description of Athens in relation to the city as a center of learning the school of Hellas
Four major dramatists of classical Greece Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides, and Sophocles
Two major poets of classical Greece Simonides, Pindar
Major poet of archaic Greece Homer
Alexander the Great's tutor Aristotle
Plato's tutor Socrates
Aristotle's tutors Plato
Greek philosopher who developed an atomic theory Democritus
Historian of the Greco-Persian wars Herodotus
Historian of the Peloponnesian Wars Thucydides
historian of the 4th century BC Xenophon
Greek doctor who recognized that diseases have physical rather than supernatural causes Hippocrates
style of art during the Greek dark ages Geometric
sculptor of The Discus Thrower Myron
Sculptor of the Laocoon group Agesander
Sculptor of the Hermes statue in Olympia, many statues of Satyrs Praxiteles
Sculptor of the Athena statue in the Parthenon Pheidias
sculptor of the statue of Zeus in sanctuary of Olympia Pheidias
two principal orders in Greek architecture Doric and Ionic
cylindrical shaft with a square capital or top on the shaft Doric column
cylindrical shaft with a scroll shaped top on the shaft Ionic column
shaft with leaves decorating the capital on top Corinthian column
a flat slab at the top of an architectural column abacus
forms the crowning member of the column capital
the superstructure which lies horizontally above the columns, resting on their capitals. entablature
the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns, the lowest part of the entablature architrave
plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the cornice and the architrave frieze
the uppermost section of moldings along the top of a wall or just below a roof cornice
object can be cut or divided in two halves with each half being a mirror of the other half balance/symmetry
square teeth-like projections that are used to decorate the eaves or roof line of a building dentil
the triangular space that forms the gable of a low pitched roof pediment
condition of Greece when Philip of Macedon decided to conquer it disunified city states
difference between Macedon and other Greek centers kingdom rather than city-state
Year Alexander the Great began conquest of Persia 334 BC
Year Alexander completed conquest of Persia by defeating Babylon 330 BC
Alexander's wife's name and nationality Bactrian princess Roxane
Year Alexander ended his eastward conquest 327 BC
Year Alexander died 323 BC
organization that replaced Alexander's kingdom three kingdoms
Controlled Greece and Macedonia Antigonid dynasty
Controlled Mesopotamia and Middle East Seleucid dynasty
Controlled Egypt Ptolemid dynasty
legacy of Ptolemid dynasty library at Alexandria
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