Exam I
Study Guide
Vocabulary:
- Paleolythic
- Mesolithic
- Neolithic
- Linear A
- Linear B
- Minoan
- Mycenaean
- Cnossus (or, Knossus)
- Thalos tomb
- papyrus
- megaron
- wanax
- basileus
- oikos
- kleros
- thetes
- xenia
- agathos
- kakos
- time
- Iliad
- Theogony
- Panhellenism
- Anthropomorphism
- Polytheism
- polis
- megaron
- Cosmogony
- Cosmology
Names to Know:
- Sir Arthur Evans
- Heinrich Schliemann
- Homer
- Hesiod
- Zeus
- Apollo
- Athena
- Hera
- Cronos (or, Kronos)
- Gaia
- Uranus (or, Ouranus)
- Prometheus
Things to Know: short answer, listing, and essay
- The Hellenic Iron Age can be divided into four distinct periods; what are they?
- When did the Agricultural Revolution occur and why is it significant?
- What were the ancient civilizations that emerged from the Argicultural Revolution between 8000BCE and 5000BCE?
- Where was the Minoan civilization located?
- What is the significance of "Cyclopean" architecture and what does it tell us about the differences between Mycenaean and Minoan
culture?
- Describe the concept of "guest-friendship" and its importance in Dark Age Greece.
- Describe the concept of "Panhellenism" and what it tells us about the Greeks in the late Dark Ages.
- According to Hesiod what is the origin of sacrificing to the gods?
- Acording to Hesiod, what is the relationship between men and women?
- According to Hesiod, how was the cosmic order established?
- How does Hesiod account for the origin of poetry?
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