Cultures in Chronological Perspective: Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms from the lecture notes on Cultures in Chronological Perspective (Early Bronze Age to Iron Age) with concise definitions.

Semitic

A language/cultural group including Ugaritians, Phoenicians, and Hebrews.

Indo-European

A language family and cultural grouping that includes groups such as Hittites, Persians, Greeks, and Romans (as listed in the notes).

Sumerians

Ancient civilization of Mesopotamia during the Early Bronze Age.

Egyptians

Ancient Egyptian civilization (noted as Hamaitic in the sources).

Cycladic Islanders

Bronze Age culture from the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea.

Early Helladic Greeks (Lerna)

Early Greek settlement at Lerna, part of the Early Helladic period.

Babylonians

Mesopotamian civilization associated with the Middle to Late Bronze Age.

Minoans

Bronze Age civilization on Crete influential in Aegean trade and culture.

Hittites

An Anatolian Indo-European empire prominent in the Late Bronze Age.

Mycenaeans

Late Bronze Age Greek civilization (Late Helladic) in Greece.

Ugaritians

Semitic culture from Ugarit in the Levant.

Phoenicians

Semitic seafaring traders known for Mediterranean trade and the alphabet.

Hebrews

Ancient Hebrew people of the Levant, a Semitic group.

Iron Age

Era following the Bronze Age; in the notes equated with the Dark Age.

Dark Age

Period of cultural decline after the Bronze Age; in the notes linked to the Iron Age.

Hesiod

Ancient Greek poet associated with early Greek literature and the Geometric period context.

Homer

Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Geometric Period

Early Greek art and cultural phase characterized by geometric motifs following the Dark Age.

Jericho

One of the world's oldest inhabited cities; key archaeological site in the Levant.

Çatalhöyük

Neolithic settlement in Anatolia, important early urban site.