Western Civilization - History Of European Society

20 Chapter 1 Greeks would write it, it remains the first attempt to provide a coherent account of past events. The primary expre ...

The Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Phoenicia, Israel 21 a sense of grudging duty, but in awe of God’s majesty and holine ...

22 Chapter 1 divorce and no provision was made for a dowry, which usually meant that a man could divorce his wife without financ ...

CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Geography, the Aegean, and Crete A. The Society of Minoan Crete (3000–1400 B.C.) B. The Myce ...

24Chapter 2 north, making it passable to early ships only under the most favorable of conditions. Fortunately, a small har- bor ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars25 Illustration 2.1 Plan of the Palace at Knos- sos.This partial plan of the ...

26Chapter 2 Kings or chieftains ruled each of the Mycenean communities and apparently distributed commodities in the traditional ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars27 flowed eastward into Asia Minor. The Phrygians who toppled the weakened fr ...

28Chapter 2
The Development of the Polis The Dorians tended to settle in fortified high places that could be defended against ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars29 establish a broader patriotism by weakening the old loyalties based on tri ...

30Chapter 2 The use of the term polisis technically correct in this case, for these were not colonies but fully indepen- dent st ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars31 city for ten years without a formal trial. Magistrates were chosen by lot, ...

32Chapter 2 The Social and Economic Structures of Athenian Society In material terms, the Athenian way of life was remark- ably ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars33 ter of the statesman Cimon, were well educated. From a modern perspective, ...

34Chapter 2 (see document 2.5). Soldiers, for example, were thought to fight more bravely when accompanied by their male lovers. ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars35 wrote little, they are chiefly known through the writ- ings of foreign pol ...

36Chapter 2 government. They conducted foreign policy, watched over the helots, and could, if necessary, override the military d ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars37 They could hold land in their own right and were capa- ble of dealing with ...

38Chapter 2 (sometimes called Zarathustra). A dualistic system in which Ahura Mazda, the god of light, truth, and good- ness con ...

Ancient Greece to the End of the Peloponnesian Wars39 Euboean city of Eretria sent twenty-five ships. Athenian rhetoric stressed ...