Key Terms
Bronze Age
C. 3300-1200 BCE Late Bronze Age: c.
Linear A
Minoan script written on clay tablets; has NOT yet been deciphered
KEY DIFFERENCE FROM MINOANS
Mycenaeans were divided into separate kingdoms; Minoans were unified. Mycenaean palaces were often surrounded by monumen
MAJOR PALACE SITES
Mycenae, Tiryns, Thebes, Pylos, Sparta
Linear B
Derived from Linear A; earliest known form of Greek; found on clay tablets on the Greek mainland and at Knossos
Reforms
1. Forgave all debts Athenians owed one another 2.
Created jury courts
All Athenians could appeal magistrate rulings; juries determined guilt/innocence AND interpreted law 5. Set up hierarchi
Herodotus
Wrote Histories ("inquiries"); examined deep origins of tension between Persian and Greek worlds; considered a first tru
Archaic period
Greek artists copied styles from Egypt and Phoenicia; statues of naked youths (kouroi) with arms close to body and paral
Vase painting
Archaic period used repetitive patterning borrowed from Phoenicia and Egypt; Classical period depicted realistic scenes
Three Public Assemblies
1. Plebian Assembly: only plebeians; 35 regional tribes, one vote each; elected 10 tribunes; tribunes possessed veto pow
Members
Octavian (Caesar's eighteen-year-old adopted son and heir), Marc Antony, Lepidus
BCE
Senate (controlled by optimates and Pompey) demanded Caesar disband his army and return to Rome for trial. Caesar instea
Tiberius
Became dangerously paranoid late in reign Caligula (grandnephew and adopted son of Tiberius): became insane after severe
CE)
Excellent government while his mother Agrippina held power; after ordering her murder, became vicious despot; used Praet