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Bronze Age Vs Dark Ages Essay
The Bronze Age → Dark Ages
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Mesopotamia - Tigris and Euphrates

Egypt - Nile : flooding every year which makes the soil fertile In the 4th millenium, settled clusters of people

1. Predynastic 2. Old kingdom - known for grandiose architecture (pyramids) 3. First intermediate 4. Middle kingdom - brief, unspectacular
5. Second intermediate period - started around 1800 B.C., Egypt is experiencing a decline, irregular floods, people losing trust in the government.
Hyksos arrive in Egypt - very traumatic, never happened before, invaders. They come on horse-drawn chariots, with more sophisticated bows. They conquer lower Egypt and move into the Egyptian territory. Speculated that during this time, the Hebrews came to Egypt.
Hyksos adopted Egyptian things, they are driven out and a new kingdom forms around the time 1570 B.C. - 1085 B.C. 6. New kingdom - 7. Final centuries Normer (strong ruler of …show more content…
Called “attic theatre” (Attica)
Thespis from Attica added an actor (called protagonist)
Drama competitions begin, incredibly popular events. And the archons would choose competitors. Wealthy people would pay to support the dramas

Sophocles (496-406)

Iscalus (525-456)

Euripides (480-406)

Aristophanes (446-386)

Darius reorganizes the empire. Igniting spark of the war in 499. Ionians rise up against taxation and being ruled by foreign tyrants.
Persian invasion of Greece-

Herodotus: alive for most of these events, was probably too young for most of it. He knew veterans from these campaigns. Considered “the father of history” or the “father of lies.”

Dilos
Maxos
Pericles comes to power, undisputed political leader. Acropolis you see today was built by Pericles
399 - Death of Socrates
Thucydides
Wars between allies

In 410 democady is restores, Alcibiades leads
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