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Dark Age Greece. 1150-700 BC. Part 1: 1150-900. Collapse of Bronze age peoples across the Eastern Mediterranean (Myceneans) Population decrease Fortified cities abandoned Strong government structures disappeared Loss of written inscriptions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Dark Age GreeceDark Age Greece
1150-700 BC1150-700 BC
Part 1: 1150-900Part 1: 1150-900Collapse of Bronze age peoples across the Eastern Mediterranean (Myceneans)
Population decrease Fortified cities abandoned Strong government structures disappeared
Loss of written inscriptions
Art on vases become simplistic and geometric
Collapse of Bronze age peoples across the Eastern Mediterranean (Myceneans)
Population decrease Fortified cities abandoned Strong government structures disappeared
Loss of written inscriptions
Art on vases become simplistic and geometric
Not All Lost … Not All Lost …
Still farming, pottery, weaving, metal working, etc but on a smaller level
Some trade still existed People continued to speak Greek and pass down oral stories
Some technological innovations:Potters wheelGeometric compass Iron learned from the East
Still farming, pottery, weaving, metal working, etc but on a smaller level
Some trade still existed People continued to speak Greek and pass down oral stories
Some technological innovations:Potters wheelGeometric compass Iron learned from the East
ExpansionExpansion
Ionian Migration 1050-950 Ionians migrated from mainland Greece to Anatolian Coast (Turkey)
Ionian Migration 1050-950 Ionians migrated from mainland Greece to Anatolian Coast (Turkey)
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Geometric PeriodGeometric Period
Geometric designs on pottery
Becomes more elaborate over time
Eventually incorporates living creatures (birds, horses)
Human figures appear around 750
Geometric designs on pottery
Becomes more elaborate over time
Eventually incorporates living creatures (birds, horses)
Human figures appear around 750
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Oral Tradition Oral Tradition
Kept myths and legends going throughout the Dark Ages even without a writing system
Homer and HesiodWritten down between 750-700 BC
Kept myths and legends going throughout the Dark Ages even without a writing system
Homer and HesiodWritten down between 750-700 BC
Homer’s Age of Heroes
Homer’s Age of Heroes
Iliad and the OdysseyNot a real historical periodCombined memories of the bronze age with culture of dark ages
Can use as evidence for Dark Age Culture
Believed to be real by the Greeks
Heroes were models of good and bad behavior
Used to teach - didactic
Iliad and the OdysseyNot a real historical periodCombined memories of the bronze age with culture of dark ages
Can use as evidence for Dark Age Culture
Believed to be real by the Greeks
Heroes were models of good and bad behavior
Used to teach - didactic
HesiodHesiod
Didactic Poetry “Works and Days”
Lessons for daily life: man’s Ultimate purpose in life is to work, and if he is willing to work, he will get by
Agrarian in themeHonest labor, against idleness
Addressed to his brother
Didactic Poetry “Works and Days”
Lessons for daily life: man’s Ultimate purpose in life is to work, and if he is willing to work, he will get by
Agrarian in themeHonest labor, against idleness
Addressed to his brother
Religion Religion
Systematized during the Dark Ages by oral poetry
Homer’s gods in the Odyssey become the gods of the Greeks
Hesiod’s “Theogony” Creation myth, secession story Gaia and Uranus gave birth to the Titans (Kronos)
Kronos and Rhea have Zeus and Olympian gods who take over
Systematized during the Dark Ages by oral poetry
Homer’s gods in the Odyssey become the gods of the Greeks
Hesiod’s “Theogony” Creation myth, secession story Gaia and Uranus gave birth to the Titans (Kronos)
Kronos and Rhea have Zeus and Olympian gods who take over
Recovery (900-750) Recovery (900-750)
Material progress: gold jewelry, iron, bronze
Grave goods indicating increase in wealth
No major changes in building style
First freestanding temple built around 800
Olympics thought to have begun in 776 BC
New writing system Phoenicians
Material progress: gold jewelry, iron, bronze
Grave goods indicating increase in wealth
No major changes in building style
First freestanding temple built around 800
Olympics thought to have begun in 776 BC
New writing system Phoenicians
