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# Greek History Notes The document appears to be notes on Greek history, specifically focusing on different periods and their key characteristics. ## Periods and Events: * **Bronze/Dark Ages (Greece):** * Minoans on Crete (12,000-1450 BC) * Mycenaeans 1600-1100 BC * Destruction by...

# Greek History Notes The document appears to be notes on Greek history, specifically focusing on different periods and their key characteristics. ## Periods and Events: * **Bronze/Dark Ages (Greece):** * Minoans on Crete (12,000-1450 BC) * Mycenaeans 1600-1100 BC * Destruction by Mycenaean invaders * Mainland Greece * Linear A and Linear B writing * Dark Ages = fragmentation * **Archaeic Period:** * Hoplite phalanx fighting styles * Religion * Cult sites * Elements of continuity * Cult of Epidavros * Olympic Games * Oracle at Dulichs * **Trade and Colonization:** * Orientalizing Style * **Government:** * Tyranny (most popular) * Peisistratus took control of Athens * Athenian democracy * Spartan rule (12 kings) * **Persian Wars:** * Mid 6th century * Cyrus the great * Darius attacked Greece * Battle of Marathon * Xerxes continued the war * Sparta took Messenia, made them helots (slaves) **Notes:** The document includes dates for various periods and key events. The use of "Bronze Age/Dark Ages" and "Linear A + Linear B" implies an understanding of different cultural and written eras. **Further analysis needed** The document notes some key people and events, but a clearer connection between them might be needed for a more comprehensive overview of the period. The use of terms like "fragmentation" suggests a breakdown or a change in societal organisation. Without context, these are just notes possibly from a lecture or class.