The Greeks before the Greeks
The group of people who lived in Greece before the Greeks.
Who are the Minoans?
A greek story teller
What is a bard?
300 years of Greek history when the Dorians ruled. Trade slowed and most people were very poor.
What is the Dark Age?
The open space outside the acropolis that was used as a marketplace.
what is an agora.
Communities that developed after the dark age; they were fiercely independent.
What is a city state/polis?
The island on which the Minoans lived,
What is Crete?
A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.
What is a peninsula?
A group of people who introduced iron weapons to Greece.
Who are the Dorians.
A greek citizen soldier
What is a Hoplite?
free, land owning men born in the polis.
What is a greek citizen?
The underground place where the Minotaur was kept
What is a Labyrinth?
A settlement in a new territory that has close ties to its homeland
What is a Colony?
The group of people who reintroduced the Alphabet to the Greeks.
Who are the Hellenes
The unified formation that hoplites formed in battle.
What is a Phalanx?
The other group of people who traded and interacted with the Minoans.
Who are the Myceneans?
A Greek city-state.
What is polis?
Where Greeks built temples for their gods
What is an Acropolis.
An absolute ruler unrestrained by law. A harsh ruler
What is a Tyrant?
the myceneans introduced this metal to greece.
What is Bronze?
The fort atop the hill in a greek city.
the citadel in ancient Greek towns.
What is an Acropolis?
The open space where people gathered to debate issues, pass laws, carry out business.
What is an Agora?
an enslaved person in ancient Sparta.
What is a helot?
The weapons Gree soldiers carried
What is a shield, spear, and short sword?