Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Tuesday 2/18/14

     Barbarian - A term used to describe the distinctive way of life based on farming, warfare, and tribal organization that became widespread in Europe begging around 2500 B.C.
     Megaliths - Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs.
     Tribe - A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship.
     Chronology:
     3500 B.C. - Megalithic structures constructed in Europe
     2500 B.C. - Indo-European nomads from the steppes migrate into European; European barbarian way of life evolves
     2200 B.C. - Minoan civilization takes root in Crete; Greeks arrive in southeastern Europe
     1600 B.C. - Greek fortified settlements along the Aegean develop Mycenaean civilization
     1400 B.C. - Destruction of Minoan towns
     1200 B.C. - Mycenaean civilization falls; begging of "Dark Ages" of Greek History
      800  B.C. - Recovery in the Aegean; Greek city states from
494-445 B.C. - Persian Wars
460-430 B.C. - Golden Age of Athens

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