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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

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1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

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3 Periods of Ancient Greek History
BRONZE AGE Minoan Civilization Mycenaean Civilization BCE BCE DARK AGE BCE 12th-9th centuries ARCHAIC PERIOD BCE 9th-5th centuries CLASSICAL PERIOD BCE 5th-4th centuries HELLENISTIC PERIOD BCE 4th-1st centuries

4 BRONZE AGE (3000-1100 BCE) 3000-1500 Minoan Civilization 2000
arrival of Mycenaeans Mycenaean Civilization 1184 traditional date of fall of Troy 1100 collapse of Mycenaean power

5 Minoans & Mycenaeans

6 Indo-European Migrations, 4000-1000 BCE

7 BRONZE AGE (3000-1100 BCE) 3000-1500 Minoan Civilization 2000
arrival of Mycenaeans Mycenaean Civilization 1184 traditional date of fall of Troy 1100 collapse of Mycenaean power

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10 Mycenaean tholos

11 Gods in Linear B Tablets
Ares Dionysus Poseidon Hephaestus Zeus Hermes Paian (=Apollo?) Hera Dione Potnia (=Artemis, Athena)

12 BRONZE AGE (3000-1100 BCE) 3000-1500 Minoan Civilization 2000
arrival of Mycenaeans Mycenaean Civilization 1184 traditional date of fall of Troy 1100 collapse of Mycenaean power

13 Periods of Ancient Greek History
BRONZE AGE Minoan Civilization Mycenaean Civilization DARK AGE 12th-9th centuries ARCHAIC PERIOD 9th-5th centuries CLASSICAL PERIOD 5th-4th centuries HELLENISTIC PERIOD 323-31 4th-1st centuries • Collapse of Mycenaean civilization ( Doric invasion?) • Diaspora of Mycenaeans into Aegean (=Ionia) • Decline in mainland population and wealth

14 ARCHAIC PERIOD ( BCE) • re-development of trade • economic increase • adoption of alphabet • codification of oral tradition • mythological/theological speculation • evidence for hero-cults • rise of polis • weakening of aristocratic power • rise of communal sanctuaries • colonization

15 ca. 800 Homer epic poetry Iliad, Odyssey ca. 750 Hesiod
mythological poetry Theogony, Works & Days • pantheon • ritual • prayer • divine/human relationship • afterlife beliefs • hero-cults • burial customs

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