AP Flashcards

11734216744	Aegean Islands and Greek Mainland	cradle of western civilization	0
11734224716	Minoans	early civilization in Crete Island	1
11734227446	Minoans	2600-1450 BC	2
11734229366	Minoans	Seafaring traders	3
11734232130	Palace at Knossos	small city with more than 800 rooms	4
11734237693	Sir Arthur Evans	discovered Knossos	5
11734239916	Beggining (2600 BC)	used of gold and bronze	6
11734243803	Height of civilization (1600 BC)	dominated trade in Aegean region	7
11734246259	Decline (1450 BC)	natural disaster	8
11734249315	Destruction	invasions or natural disaster	9
11734250929	Mycenaeans	Greek speaking Indo-European tribe from Central Asia	10
11734257326	Mycenaeans	warriors	11
11734258178	Mycenaeans	similar culture with Minoans	12
11734259538	Dark Age	1100-800 BC	13
11734260003	Dark Age	destroyed places	14
11734263696	Dark Age	Displaced population, disrupted trade, farming and arts	15
11734269020	Beggining (1900 BC)	Began moving from their home land and mixed with local population	16
11734273522	Invaded Crete	1400 BC	17
11734274739	Achaeans (1300 BC)	Empire that controlled the entire Aegean region	18
11734278978	Decline (1200 BC)	frequent warfare	19
11734280721	Destruction (1100BC)	natural disaster and frequent warfare	20
11734285879	Trojan War	based on Homer	21
11734286778	Trojan War	Mycenaeans vs. Trojans	22
11734290303	Dorians	Greeks from the North who conquered the Southern part of peninsula	23
11734297696	Dorians	iron weapons of war	24
11734302806	Dorians	speak Greek but illiterate, art of writing was forgotten and caused the Dark Age	25
11734311171	Ionians	reintroduced Greek culture in 800 BC	26
11734318399	Ionians	end of Dark Age, beggining of Hellenic Age	27
11734324792	Hellenic Age (800-338 BC)	Hellas(country), Hellenes(Greek)	28
11734326963	Hellenic Age (800-338 BC)	Phoenician alphabet, Lydian use of coins, Egyptian Geometry	29
11734335574	Hellenic Age (800-338 BC)	religious beliefs, festivals for gods/goddesses, epics	30
11734358881	Religious Beliefs	changes in nature and gaining good fortune	31
11734362615	Religious Beliefs	consulting Oracles	32
11734363893	Religious Beliefs	Belief in gods/goddesses	33
11734368027	Festivals for gods	performances by musician poets	34
11734369388	Festivals for gods	Olympics	35
11734372406	Homer's epics	one of the most important influences in Greek religion and thought	36
11734378683	Homer's epics	Iliad and Odyssey	37
11734383126	Homer's epics	Poetry, not History	38
11734384927	Homer's epics	Hero: more than a brave warrior	39
11734389471	Colonies (800-750 BC)	spread Hellenic culture	40
11734391889	Colonies (800-750 BC)	Asia Minor and North Africa	41
11734392701	Polis	independent city-state	42
11734395700	Polis	governed by their own kings	43
11734397105	Polis	center of Greek community life	44
11734398883	Monarchy	king and his royal family	45
11734399922	Aristocracy	king and nobles	46
11734400848	Oligarchy	king, nobles and other powerful people	47
11734402761	Political representation	people has the voice in the community	48
11734404366	Sparta	founded by the descendant Dorians (8th century BC)	49
11734423416	Sparta	located in Peloponnesus (southern part of Greece)	50
11734426253	Sparta	Oligarchy: government of the few	51
11734429547	Sparta	2 Spartan KIngs	52
11734430210	Assembly	males over 20 years old	53
11734432816	Helots	Spartan slaves who were forced to work as farm laborers	54
11734435742	Perioci	free individuals but not Spartans; outnumbered Spartans (10:1)	55
11734436926	Spartans	lived in a constant fear of revolt	56
11734440745	Sparta	established a strong military government	57
11734448790	Life of spartans	infants were examined	58
11734450930	7 years old	spartan boy moves into military house	59
11734451837	20 years old	soldiers	60
11734453147	30 years old	expected to marry	61
11734455060	60 years old	retirement	62
11734456260	Spartan girls	trained in gymnastics and physical endurance	63
11734458639	Spartan girls	had responsibilities of managing their farms and households	64
11734463841	Sparta	No braver warriors than the men trained of Sparta	65
11734466633	Criticism	Sparta training somehow neglected mind, art, music, poetry and literature	66