Iron Age Greece (9.24.26).

What year marks the Iron Age?

1200-700 BCE

When was iron introduced?

11th Cent.

The reason for the decline of the bronze trade

more difficult to smelt and work (higher temps)

harder, kept edge better

by 950, all weapons and tools iron

Pottery Innovations

(wheel, compass, ruler, higher

glazing temp)

When did the Ionian Migration approximately take place?

around 1050 BCE, during iron age

Who’s the mythical figure associated with the Ionian migration, and where did he initially flee?

Ion, who fled to Athens to espcape dorians

Who were the Dorians

Greek-speaking tribes from the northern mountains

Where is Ionia located?

western Anatolia (modern day turkey)

What two actions did the migrants take when they arrived in Ionia

They resettled old cities and founded new ones

Aside from the Ionians, what two other major groups migrated during the iron age?

The Aeolians (from Thessaly in Northern Greece) and the Dorians

Boule:

A council of elders,nobles, and chiefs.

Agora:

The public open space for an assembly

basileus and hetairoi

The relationship between king/chieftain and his inner circle of warrior brothers (hetairoi)

Xenia

The sacred Greek custom of guest-friendship; hospitality between host and stranger

Time

honor, or public esteem.

Kleros and Thetes

Kleros: a plot of ancestral land

Thetes: poor,landless wage-earners who rank low in the hierarchy

When was the Alphabet introduced?

after 800 BCE

-borrowed from Phoenician letters