WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
(Ancient Greece) Which section of the article BEST explains the idea that archaic Greece experienced a burst of advancement in science, art and literature?
A
Introduction [paragraph 1]
B
“Colonization”
C
“The rise of the tyrants”
D
“Archaic renaissance?”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It was in the archaic period that the Greek alphabet developed, the earliest surviving Greek literature was composed, monumental sculpture and red-figure pottery began in Greece and the hoplite became the core of Greek armies.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Greek Oligarchy is a system of government in which a select group of people, sometimes very small in number, ruled over a city or land. Oligarchies were likely the most common form of city-state government in Ancient Greece and often occurred as a way to restore order and peace after democracy had failed in a city.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term Archaic was coined in the 18th century by art historians in order to describe the transition of the Greek art between the Geometric (9th-8th century BC) and the Classical Period (5th-4th century BC). The Archaic Period covered roughly a time span from the 7th to the 6th century BC (700-500 BC).

Detailed explanation-4: -Athenian democracy developed around the 6th century BC in the Greek city-state (known as a polis) of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica.

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