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- The Greek Dark Age is a period in Greek history that lasted from about 1200 BC to 750 BC. During this time, the various Greek city-states underwent major cultural, political and military shifts. The period is known as the Greek 'Dark Age' because very little written evidence survives from this time.
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There is a period in ancient Greek history called the Grecian Dark Ages. A dark age is a time period we know little about, but what we know turned out to be very important. The Greek Dark Ages was a time period when the Dorians ruled the people who lived scattered across the Greek peninsula.
- Mycenaean Civilization
- Bronze Age Collapse & The Dark Age
- Dark Age Cultural Development
- Lefkandi
- Homer & Hesiod
- Conclusion
The Myceneans established over 100 urban centers throughout Greece and Anatolia, which were linked culturally, if not politically. The social structure of Mycenean civilization is unclear, but it has been established that the palaceoperated on its own economy based on luxury goods while the economic foundation of the nearby village (or villages) wa...
The Bronze Age Collapse (also known as the Late Bronze Age Collapse) is a modern-day term for the widespread and rapid decline of civilizations in the Mediterranean and Near East beginning c. 1200 BCE. The causes of the collapse include: 1. natural catastrophes (earthquakes) 2. climate change (causing drought and famine) 3. internal rebellions (cla...
Following the Bronze Age Collapse, no monumental stone structures were built, and, as noted, those that were not destroyed declined and were inhabited, seemingly, by squatters. The relationship between the decline in agricultural production and the decline in population continues to be debated, but it seems that the lack of basic foodstuffs encoura...
In the 1960s, the now-famous site of Lefkandi on Euboea was discovered, revealing an ancient Greek settlement dated to c. 1200 to c. 950 BCE. The site features a number of cemeteries with grave goods that establish trade between Euboea, Cyprus, Egypt, and the Levant. Lefkandi is a prime example of a community that seems to have been relatively unaf...
Writing had been rediscovered through trade with Phoenician merchants and the stories told of the great age of heroes, kept alive through oral tradition, were set down by Homer in the 8th century BCE. Martin comments: The heroes of theIliad and Odyssey – Agamemnon, Achilles, Menelaus, Odysseus, and others – were modeled on the Dark Age chieftains c...
Among the other casualties of the Bronze Age Collapse was ceramics, which, as noted, show a marked decline in quality and craftsmanship during the Dark Age but, like other technologies, significantly improved after c. 950 BCE. Textile production, agriculture, writing, and trade also saw renewal from c. 1050 BCE onward. The old social paradigm of th...
- Joshua J. Mark
- Ancient Greeks lived over 3000 years ago. Their civilisations followed a Dark Age in Greece, which is thought to have ended in 800 B.C. For the most part, Ancient Greece was divided into several small city-states, each with their own laws, customs, and rulers.
- The Greeks had some strange superstitions about food – some wouldn’t eat beans as they thought they contained the souls of the dead!
- The Ancient Greeks were descended from the Mycenaeans, who were also the first writers and speakers of ‘Ancient Greek’. A famous legend tells how, in 1180 B.C., the mighty Mycenaeans conquered the city of Troy – by hiding inside a giant wooden horse!
- Did you know that the Ancient Greeks invented the theatre? They loved watching plays, and most cities had a theatre – some big enough to hold 15,000 people!
The Greek Dark Age is a period in Greek history that lasted from about 1200 BC to 750 BC. During this time, the various Greek city-states underwent major cultural, political and military shifts. The period is known as the Greek 'Dark Age' because very little written evidence survives from this time.
Greek Dark Ages; Geographical range: Greek mainland and Aegean Sea: Period: Ancient Greece: Dates: c. 1200–800 BC: Characteristics: Destruction of settlements and collapse of the socioeconomic system: Preceded by: Mycenaean Greece, Minoan civilization: Followed by: Archaic Greece
The Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1200 BC – 800 BC) refers to the period of Greek prehistory from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean civilization in the 11th century BC to the rise of the first Greek city-states in the 9th century BC and the epics of Homer and earliest writings in alphabetic Greek in the 8th century BC .
Ancient History. The Greek Dark Age Lesson. © History Skills. Learning objectives. In this lesson, students will gain a chronological understanding of the Dark Age of Ancient Greece. They will develop an awareness of the key people groups, events, and concepts associated with this time period.
