The Greek Middle Ages: c. 1125 - c.700 BC
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The Dorian and Ionic migrations
After the collapse of the Mycenaean age there was a dark age - meaning, firstly that the lack of communication with the east makes it impossible to create a precise chronology of events; secondly, it was a period of cultural impoverishment. Writing disappeared. However, iron was introduced, probably at first for farm implements, such as the plough. The iron was initially soft and bronze weapons may have been better in quality. The quality of pottery work improves technically. The colonization during the Greek Dark Ages (1200 - 900 BC) is called the Dorian and Ionian migration. The Dorians came from the north; there were migrations within the Peloponnese and throughout the Aegean region, including coastal areas. The Dorian invasion caused displaced Greeks to settle in Asia Minor and on the islands. The coast south of the Troad, originally uninhabited, was occupied by refugees from central and northern Greece as was the island of Lesbos. In these regions the dialect spoken is Aeolic. Ionia was occupied by refugees from central Greece and the Peloponnnes. They also occupied the islands of the Cyclades. According to Herodotus, the founders of Miletos set out from Athens but took with them no women, and made wives of the Karian women whose parents they had killed. Cities also formed associations - for example, the six Dorian cities of south-west Asia Minor; twelve Ionic cities of west Asia; these associations could come together for joint action at times.
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Contents of
The Greek Middle Ages: c. 1125 - c.700 BC
1 Population growth and land hunger
2 Economic expansion and the rising "middle class"
3 Cultural developments in Greece during the period of tyrannies
4 Hoplite tactics
5 Factional politics
6 Ethnic tensions
7 The downfall of tyrants in archaic Greece
8 The Dorian and Ionic migrations
9 The Dorians
10 Greek Dark age
11 The Greek City States
12 Greek colonization of the C8th BC
13 Greek colonization of the Aegean and East
14 Greek settlers in the Euxine
15 Causes of the Greek colonization
16 Archaeological evidence for Greek population expansion in C8th BC
17 Foundation of Cyrene
18 Corcyra
19 Olbia
20 The Lelantine war
21 Relations with Egypt
22 Greek Culture during the Greek Middle Ages
23 Introduction of phonetic script
24 Homer
25 Hesiod
26 Foundation of the Olympic Games
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