History Project Spring 2018

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The Greek Dark Ages
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1100-750 BCE

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How did the significance of the dark ages impact the
Greeks society and how were they able to emerge back
and survive the Dark Ages?
The Greek society was impacted greatly, the loss of their script
writing and the fall of the Myceneans also separated the Greeks into
different groups but they were able to emerge back because of the
enlightenment era leading up towards the renaissance period. The
renaissance brought back their new language and writing along with
new modern art and poetry.

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Dark Ages
The Dark Ages was a period in western
Europe between the fall of the Roman
Empire and the high Middle Ages, c.ad 500–
1100, during which Germanic tribes swept
through Europe and North Africa, often
attacking and destroying towns and
settlements.
Resource: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/

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Author: Armytage, Marcus
Summary: This article talks about the Greece being nomads, moving around
constantly. The Greeks relearned to write again using another form of
writing used by the Phoenicians. The benefit of the dark ages was
the breakdown of the Mycenean economic and social
structures. New politics were made and that lead way to democracy.
Source: http://ancient-greece.org/history/dark-ages.html
"History of Greece: The Dark Ages"

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Quote: "Later in the Dark Ages (between 950 and 750 BCE),
Greeks relearned how to write once again, but this time
instead of using the Linear B script used by the Mycenaeans,
they adopted the alphabet used by the Phoenicians
“innovating in a fundamental way by introducing vowels as
letters. The Greek version of the alphabet eventually formed
the base of the alphabet used for English today.” (Martin,
43)"
Evaluation: This is a reliable source because it was made in a
timeline explaining why and how the events were brought up and
how they impacted each other.

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Author: Golightly, Paul
Summary: This article describes how the dark ages came to be known as
'dark' and how the bronze ages lead up to it.. Athens made it throughout the
dark ages surviving the fall of the Mycenaeans. It also explains why the
Athens survived and how it impacted the future. All the chapters are in a
particular timeline explaining why the dark ages became to be the 'dark'
ages explaining how they lead to other major events.
Source: https://search.proquest.com/docview/1773645881/956B2C7032
E841E7PQ/2?accountid=39519
"The light of dark-age Athens: Factors in the
survival of Athens after the fall of Mycenaean
civilization"

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Quote: "Greek civilization started in the
Bronze Age with the Mycenaean Greeks. The
Bronze Age and the Mycenaeans ended at the
same time, with the start of the Greek Dark
Age. After the Dark Age the Iron Age started in
Greece and the Archaic Age began. The
Classical and Hellenistic periods follow before
the Romans took over."
Evaluation: This is a credible source because it was
reviewed and approved by more than 3 professor that
work in the department of history.

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"The Next Antibiotics could come from the
Dark Ages"
Source: https://search.proquest.com/docview/1896711461/625B472A7F4D4A65PQ
/12?accountid=39519
Author: Stringer, William H
Summary: This website writes about how medicine research back in the dark ages
could be useful to our future today. These scientists are a part of an 'Ancient
Biotics' team who are doing research to find any medieval practice, to find any
patterns that could match todays medical studies.

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Quote: "We believe that answers to the antibiotic
crisis could be found in medical history. With the aid
of modern technologies, we hope to unravel how pre-
modern physicians treated infection and whether their
cures really worked."
Evaluation: It is reliable because it is written by scientists who are
experimenting with others to find a connection of medicine from
the dark ages to today's time.

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'Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World'
Source: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/greek-
dark-ages/
Author : Boundles
Summary: this website covers everything from the bronze age all throughout to
the commencement of the dark ages. The transition to the dark ages was because
of the fall of the Mycenaean. After this outcome, it was believed that the people
separated into many groups all through Greece during the dark ages.

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"Historians believe this period was violent,
sudden, and culturally disruptive. The palace
economy of the Aegean Region that had
characterized the Late Bronze Age, was
replaced, after a hiatus, by the isolated village
cultures of the Greek Dark Ages—a period that
lasted for more than 400 years. Cities like
Athens continued to be occupied, but with a
more local sphere of influence, limited evidence
of trade, and an impoverished culture, which
took centuries to recover."
Evaluation: This source is reliable because the information
in this website is from a world history textbook written from
well-known authors.

12. z"6 Reasons the Dark Ages Weren’t So Dark"
Summary: Petrarch was an Italian scholar who described the time of
the Greeks. He played a big part in the title of the 'dark' ages during
the renaissance period. They titled it dark because of the lack of
accomplishments and leaders.
Source: https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-reasons-the-dark-ages-
werent-so-dark
Author: Pruitt, Sarah

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Quote: "But historians—especially in later
years—question the fairness of this
characterization, and consider “Dark Ages” to be
a derogatory term. In fact, life in the Early
Middle Ages was not actually much darker or
more barbaric compared to other eras, and the
period saw its own share of political, social,
cultural, economic and religious change."
Evaluation: It is a Reliable because it uses Petrarch, an Italian
scholar, that wrote about the historian times in the middle ages.
The author is Sarah Pruitt, she has a degree in History and
American Studies from Princeton University.

14. z"How Dark Were the Dark Ages?"
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqzq01i2O3U
Author: Esolen, Anthony
Summary: in this video a professor goes through the middle
ages describing each part of that was a success in the dark ages,
trying to prove that the dark ages weren't so dark after all. There
were new buildings and art that was new to the world. All of
these creations were something that made the dark ages a little
less dark and a lot more interesting.

15. zQuote: "How about the architecture? If the
middle ages were dark and ignorant, how come
ordinary people-masons, carpenters, painters,
sculptors, glazers- erected the most beautiful
and majestic buildings to grace the earth, the
gothic cathedrals?"
Evaluation: This is a reliable source because it is
done by an English literature professor named
Anthony Esolen from Providence College.

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"The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They,
Really?: Crash Course World History"
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV7CanyzhZg
Author: John Green
Summary: The dark ages are known to be dark because of its lack of
enlightenment. But the dark ages aren't really so dark because there was
new cities growing and new poetry being created. The dark ages were
actually quite different than throughout to be because in reality there
were no big was or death during this time period.

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Quote: "And meanwhile outside of Europe, the
dark ages were truly an age of enlightenment"
Evaluation: This is a reliable source because crash course
world history videos that are very highly educational, and
have very big community of learning students.

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"Social Revolution Through the Ages: Ancient
Civilization The Dark Ages Renaissance--
Reformation Words of Dynamite R—evolution"
Source: https://search-proquest-
com.unmval.idm.oclc.org/docview/515
420463/51160061E0244107PQ/13?acc
ountid=39519
Summary: This historical newspaper is a summarized timeline of the events in
order and the different patterns of society.it was a social change throughout the
ages. Ancient civilization was the first big change which led to the split up of the
roman empire in the middle ages. The renaissance was the evolution after the
dark ages which lead to new language, art and poetry to grow.
Author: Stringer, William H

19. zQuote: "The second great break-up was that of
the ancient pagan civilizations-the decline of
the roman empire, the disintegration of classic
culture."
"the dark ages slowly dawning into that period
of beauty known as the Renaissance."
Evaluation: It is a reliable source because it is a
historical newspaper dated Dec 23, 1939. Its publication
date can help see the point of view of people in the
1900s.

20. z Conclusion
The dark ages were actually not so
'dark' . There were no major wars
or destruction happening to cause
chaos. The fall of the Mycenaean
caused the loss of language and
other arts. Although in the end No
one knew at the time but in the
next years the dark period passes
leading on to the age of
enlightenment, now known as the
renaissance.

21. z Work Cited
http://ancient-greece.org/history/dark-ages.html
History of Greece: The Dark Ages. Ancient-Greece, 2002, ancient-greece.org/history/dark-ages.html.
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1773645881/956B2C7032E841E7PQ/2?accountid=39519
Golightly, Paul. “The light of dark-age Athens: Factors in the survival of Athens after the fall of Mycenaean
civilization”, 2015,
ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1773645881/956B2C7032E841E7PQ/2?accountid=3951
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https://search.proquest.com/docview/1896711461/625B472A7F4D4A65PQ/12?accountid=39519#center
Connelly, Erin, “The next antibiotics could come from the Dark Ages”, Washington Post – Blogs.
Washington: WP Company LLC. May 9,
2017. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1896711461/625B472A7F4D4A65PQ/12?accountid=
39519#center
s://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/greek-dark-ages/
Boundless, Greek Dark Ages, Boundless World History, https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-
worldhistory/chapter/greek-dark-ages/

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Work Cited
ps://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-reasons-the-dark-ages-werent-so-dark
Pruitt, Sarah. “6 Reasons the Dark Ages Weren’t So Dark” “History stories” May 31,
2016, https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-reasons-the-dark-ages-werent-so-dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqzq01i2O3U
Anthony Esolen. “How Dark Were the Dark Ages?” PragerU, January 26, 2015,
YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqzq01i2O3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV7CanyzhZg
Green, John. “The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?” Crash Course World History
#14”, CrashCourse, Apr 26, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV7CanyzhZg
https://search-proquest-
com.unmval.idm.oclc.org/docview/515420463/51160061E0244107PQ/13?accountid=39519
Stringer, William H, “Social Revolution Through the Ages: Ancient Civilization The Dark Ages
Renaissance--Reformation Words of Dynamite R—evolution”. The Christian Science Monitor. 23 Dec
1939,
ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/515420463/51160061E0244107PQ/13?accountid=3951
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