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		Study Questions for Pomeroy Book Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 1 What made the Greeks take to the sea and mingle with other civilizations? What role did land-ownership and the practice of ancient agriculture play for Greek citizens throughout Greek history? Define mythoi and identify the primary legend of the Greek past. Is it a mythos? What is the chronological framework of the Iliad, the Odyssey, Homer, and the creation of the text? What are our main sources of knowledge of early Greece? How reliable are they? What are their limitations? What are the characteristics of the Neolithic / New Stone Age in Greece (6500-3000 BCE) Ancient Near Eastern civilizations of Mesopotamia (ca. 3500 BCE) Early Bronze Age of Greece (3000-2100 BCE) Middle and Late Bronze Ages of Greece (2100-1600 BCE) What do we know about the first Greek-speakers? Who are they? When did they arrive? From where? What characterizes their culture? How do they differ from those who occupied the territory of Greece before they arrived? How do we know anything about them? What is the evidence for early Greece as a matriarchal society? as a patriarchal society? What contributions to the study of Greek culture did Schliemann make? Be explicit and complete. What do we know about the Minoans? Their palaces? Their economy? Their culture? Their language? Their social organization? Their religion? How do we know this? How reliable are the modern reconstructions of Minoan society? What kinds of material culture was preserved by the eruption of the volcano on Thera? How does this material relate to material from Crete? from the mainland? How does this material contribute to our understanding of Greek culture? What is the relationship between the Mycenaeans and the Minoans? Be specific and complete. Be sure to include the importance of the discovery and decipherement of Linear B in your answer. How do scholars reconstruct the culture, social organization, economy and daily life of the Mycenaeans at Mycenae? What evidence contributes to this reconstruction? How reliable is it? What can we say about women, slaves and other non-elite groups in the Mycenaean world? How do we know this? (Do not restrict yourself to the evidence only from Mycenae itself.) How did the Mycenaean civilization end (ca. 1150 BCE)? What role, if any, did the Trojan War play? What role, if any, did the Dorians play? What are some other explanations? How do you assess the evidence? Chapter 2 Why is the period from the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces (approx. 1150-900 BCE) referred to as a “Dark Age”? What is meant by the term "Submycenaean"? What can we say about the culture, population, social organization and economy in Greece during these periods? How does it differ from Mycenaean culture? What factors account for the change? What is the evidence--be specific and complete? How reliable is it? Read the end of paragraph 2 (about mythoi) on p. 44. Why was this aspect of Mycenaean culture relatively stable? What was the effect of the migration to Ionia and the islands? Describe the general characteristics of pottery produced in Greece in the Dark Ages and Geometric period? How do scholars use pottery to reconstruct the culture, social organization and economy of the Greek cities that produced this pottery? What factors limit the assessment of the preclassical past in prominent centers like Athens and Corinth? What do we know about government in the cities of Greece during the Dark Ages and Geometric period? For example, what is the basileus. What are his duties and powers? How do they differ from those of the wanax in the Mycenaean period and in the Dark Ages? To what degree is the office of basileus passed like a birthright? What is the role of the boule? What is the status of law in the Dark Ages and how are disputes and violations resolved? How do we know any of this? What is geometric style? When does it arise? Why is it important to pay close attention to minute changes in the way pottery is produced and decorated? What are the traditions surrounding Homer? What definite information did the Greeks have about him? Who were Parry and Lord? How did their hypothesis alter the way scholars thought about the authorship of the Homeric poems? What is the “epic cycle”? What is the importance of reciprocity in the society described in the Homeric poems? What is the position of women in Dark Age society? What are their jobs? What is an oikos? How is it connected to the village as a whole? What role does slavery play? What do we know about Greek religion ca. 700 BCE? For example, what is the position of the Olympian gods in the cosmos of the Greeks? Why do they hold this position? How are they worshipped? Where are they worshipped? What was the significance of the panhellenic shrines and festivals? How do we know this? Is the evidence reliable? What are some of the key events that occurred in Greece ca. 750-700 BCE? How did these events affect the development of Greek culture? Chapter 3 Describe how the Dark Age villages became poleis during the Archaic Age and discuss the changing role of the "paramount basileus" in governing the polis. Discuss the economic and social divisions in the early polis and how these divisions contributed to the rise of tyrannies in various Greek cities. What is a hoplite and what effect did the advent of hoplite warfare have on the social structure and government of the polis? In what ways is Lyric poetry different from Homeric epic and what do these differences tell us about the Archaic Age? What were the Archaic Age philosophers most interested in discussing and what does this tell us about the practice of religion during that period? Chapter 4 What are the major sources for Archaic and Classical Sparta? Why must these relatively abundant sources be used cautiously? What was the effect of the conquests of Laconia and Messenia on Spartan institutions and culture? Who were the Helots? What rights did they have? How did their position contribute to the success of the Spartan state? Who was Lycurgus? What document was attributed to him? What was the educational system? How did it differ for boys and girls? Sparta had numerous institutions that emphasized community over individual rights. Name them. What were the Spartan customs regarding sexuality? The Spartan government had a "mixed constitution". What does this term mean? What were the branches of the Spartan government and what were their responsibilities? What was the Peloponnesian League? What were its goals? Chapter 5 What are the sources for 7th and sixth-century Athens? How accurate can we expect them to be? What was the fate of Athens in the Dark Age? How was the experience of Athens similar to and different from the experience of other Greek cities? What is the conspiracy of Cylon? What were the reforms of Draco? What social problems did they attempt to address? How successful were they? What situation did Solon attempt to address by his reforms? How did he justify his actions? Who was Peisistratus? How was he finally able to seize power? What was the character of his regime? How did the Peisistratid dynast come to an end? What was the role of Cleisthenes in the events of the late sixth century? What specific reforms did he undertake? Who were the Persians? How do we know about them? What is the history of their engagement with the Greek-speaking cities of Asia Minor and, subsequently, those of the islands and the mainland? What is the importance of the Battle of Marathon? When and where did it take place? How did the success of Athens help to change Athenian policy? What was the fate of Miltiades, the victorious general at Marathon? What are the key battles of Xerxes' invasion of Greece? Why? What role did Themistocles play? Leonidas? What role did the Persian Wars play in the creation of an identity for Athens?

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