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HIS 154
rise of the Hellenes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What years was the rise of the Hellenes? | 1200-500 BC |
| what did the Greeks call themselves? | Hellenes |
| when did the Greek nation actually come to be, and what was it before? | 1831, region of shared ideas |
| what type of agriculture was unsuitable for the territory by 2000 BC? | serial agriclture |
| what two things were big for trade? | olives and grapes |
| did any big states arise? | no only little city states |
| what was the earliest proto-greek? | Minoan |
| what years are the Minoans? | 2600- 1450 BC |
| what is the language where characters stood for word symbols, it was left by Minoans? | linear A |
| around what year were the Minoans wipes out by? | 1450 |
| who wiped out the Minoans? | Mycenaeans |
| what is the language left by Mycenaeans and was the forerunner for classical Greek languages? | Linear B |
| where were the Mycenaeans destroyed? | Crete |
| what years were the dark ages of Greece? | 1200-800 BC |
| what was the basic greek area of governance? | The Polis |
| what is another name for the Polis? | city state |
| what is a type of government ruled by one, dies out by 800 BC? | monarchy |
| what is a type of government ruled by small core of families (most common type)? | oligarchy |
| what type of government is ruled by the best? | aristocracy |
| what type of government is where one man would take over power? | tyranny |
| what type of government is ruled by the many? | democracy |
| what type of government came after 500 BC(a confederation of cities that banded together)? | ethnos |
| what were the most important city states in writing? | athens and sparta |
| what type of government is sparta? | mixed |
| what are the years for sparta? | 800-500BC |