Greece and Rome Refocused

- Unit 2. Ancient Greece, Cradle of Democracy
- Getting Started
  - What Are We Learning?
  - Observe and Think
  - Map Your Mind
- Ancient Greece, Cradle of Democracy
  - The Land of Greece
  - The History of Greece
    - Crete
    - Mycenae
    - Dark Age
    - Archaic Age
    - Classical Age
    - Hellenistic Age
  - Political Organization
  - An Unequal Society
    - Women
  - Economy
- Self-Evaluation Quiz
- Complementary Activites
  - The Greek and Latin Roots of English
  - One Myth, One Song
  - Games, Comics and Stuff
- References

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# Dark Age

After the fall of the Mycenaeans, population and agriculture declined. Consequently, many Greeks emigrated to the isl ands or to A sia Minor, as you can see in the map below. In this way, the economic activity restarted and commerce came back.

The most important tecnological achievement of this period was that iron became a popular replacement for bronze in the making of weapons and tools.

A new form of political organization appeared: the polis, an independent city-state with a little territory, its own laws, government, army and currency. Their political system was a M onarchy (< mono = one, archy = power) with a king, who was the wealthiest man in the city. Athens and Sparta were the most important poleis. (Click to enlarge the map).

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