Ancient Greece and Rome Quiz 1

death date

what dc stand for?

go backwards

what does BC mean?

Thucydides

dc 400 BC

Thycydides

wrote History of the Peloponnesian War “Method of Historical Inquiry”

Greek

Historia

Historia

learning through research, and the narration of what is learned; an activity—methodology

History

the craft of reconstructing the events, people, and culture of past societies based on a critical study and interpretation of the surviving evidence (primary sources) and then describing, explaining, and defending one’s reconstruction (secondary sources)

step 1

determine the questions

step 2

gather the evidence

step 3

evaluate the evidence

step 4

synthesize the evidence

determine the questions

starts with us

gather the evidence

primary sources—firm knowledge of that topic

limited

historians are often…by their sources

evaluate the evidence

conditioned by bias—one cannot rely on every detail which has come down to us by way of tradition

synthesize the evidence

answer=thesis or argument

historical imagination

historian has to fill in the gaps by having knowledge of that time and those circumstances

civilization

complex human society

10 years

how long was the Trojan War

Mesopotamia c 3800 bc

first civilization—modern day Iraq

mycenaeans

earliest greek civilization

1200 bc

when was the trojan war

Hera

power

Athena

wisdom/war-fighting skill

Aphrodite

love

Paris

chose Aphrodite

Helen

most beautiful woman

Agamemnon

wanted to attack Troy to get Helen back —-the whole trojan war

Achilles

who won biggest battle during 9th year of war Hector or Achilles

17th c

when was Troy burned

Illiad

9th year of war—another word for Troy

c 1600-1100 BC

Mycenaeans

Linear B tablets

1450 bc—early form of Greek

mycenae

first palace uncovered

monarchy

most common form of govt

hierarchy

social stratification

patriarchy

male dominating

polytheism

worship of several gods and goddesses

Minoans c 2000-1450 bc

conquered by Mycenaeans

Crete

civilization of Minoans

Hittite Empire

Asia Minor

9

how many layers of Troy

19th century

when was city of troy uncovered

Wilusa

engaged in trade, diplomacy, and war with Mycenaeans

sea oriented

how do they fight