The Greek Dark Age, 100-750 B.C.

Kenneth W. Harl, Ph.D.
History/Classics 100

The Greek Dark Age, 100-750 B.C.

1150-1050 B.C. The Collapse of Sub-Mycenaean Civilization
Migrations of Dorians, Ionians and Aeolians
Decline in Population and Material Culture

c. 1050-900 B.C. Ionian and Aeolian Migrations to Aegean islands and coasts of Asia Minor
Second Migration of Dorians into the Peloponnesus
Migrations of Aeolic-speakers into Thessaly and Boeotia
IRON AGE and PROGEOMETRIC POTTERY

c. 900-700 B.C. GEOMETRIC POTTERY
Gradual Demographic and Economic Recovery
Decline of the Homeric Kingship and Rise of Aristocratic Republics.

c. 814 B.C. Phoenicians found CARTHAGE in North Africa

c. 800-775 B.C. Introduction of Phoenician Alphabet
Ionians of Asia Minor and Euboea Renew Trade in East and Black Sea
Greek Trading Settlement at Al Mina in Syria

776 B.C. First OLYMPIC GAMES

c. 760 B.C. Euboeans colonize Pithecusae (Ischia) in the Bay of Naples

Dr. Kenneth W. Harl
(Ph.D., Yale University 1978; prof.)
Classical Greece, Rome and Byzantium
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1150-1050 B.C.	The Collapse of Sub-Mycenaean Civilization Migrations of Dorians, Ionians and Aeolians Decline in Population and Material Culture
c. 1050-900 B.C.	Ionian and Aeolian Migrations to Aegean islands and coasts of Asia Minor Second Migration of Dorians into the Peloponnesus Migrations of Aeolic-speakers into Thessaly and Boeotia IRON AGE and PROGEOMETRIC POTTERY
c. 900-700 B.C.	GEOMETRIC POTTERY Gradual Demographic and Economic Recovery Decline of the Homeric Kingship and Rise of Aristocratic Republics.
c. 814 B.C.	Phoenicians found CARTHAGE in North Africa
c. 800-775 B.C.	Introduction of Phoenician Alphabet Ionians of Asia Minor and Euboea Renew Trade in East and Black Sea Greek Trading Settlement at Al Mina in Syria
776 B.C.	First OLYMPIC GAMES
c. 760 B.C.	Euboeans colonize Pithecusae (Ischia) in the Bay of Naples