On The Characters Of The Original Country In The "Dark Ages" Of The Ancient Greece

1200BC-700BC was the Dark Ages of the ancient Greece history. Ancient GreeceDark Ages began from the Dorian invasion and the destruction of Mycenaean civilizationin11th Century BC, until the rise of the early city-states of ancient Greece at the end of8th Century BC. Early Greece countries of Dark Ages, on one hand, was built on theruins of the Mycenaean palace countries, had the same strain continuity with theMycenaean civilization; on the other hand, was the starting point for the formation anddevelopment of Greece city-states of antiquity and classical ages. Study of the earlyGreece countries of Dark Ages, plays an important role for the understanding of theproblem of the Mycenaean civilization in the history of ancient Greece, the Dark Ages,as well as the rise of Greece city-states.The first chapter introduces the general overview of the "Dark Ages" of ancientGreece, the continuity of the "Dark Ages" Greece civilization and early Greece countriesof Dark Ages. The first section of this chapter presents a general overview of the ancientGreece "Dark Ages", the Dark Ages is divided into three periods: a period of recessionfrom1200BC to1000BC, a period of rest from1000BC to900BC and a period ofchange from900BC to700BC, and the general condition of the Greece world historyof each time period is introduced. The second section refutes the traditional view whichconsiders the fracture properties of the "Dark Ages" of Greece civilization, andintroduces not only there is no fracture during the Dark Ages of Greece civilization, butalso has a lot of continuity in the political, economic, cultural and religious with theMycenaean civilization and the future generations of the Greece city-states civilization.The third section focuses on the continuity and succession of the same strain of the DarkAges of the early Greece countries and Mycenaean palace countries.The second chapter discusses the political conditions of the early Greece countriesof Dark Ages. First describes a critical feature of the early Greece countries of DarkAges’ formation and development process from the relations between Wanax andBasileus--the predecessor of the early Greece countries of Dark Ages is the localcommunity under the rule of the Mycenaean era palace countries. This featuredetermines the kingship and the trajectory of political development of the early countries of Dark Ages. Then the political power of Basileus, the general status and developmentalcharacteristics of the political power of boule and agore is explored.The third chapter is about the economic and social situations of the early ancientGreece in the Dark Ages. In terms of economy of the ancient Greece, it was theself-sufficient natural economy essentially. Farming and animal husbandry were the mainindustries of the society. The purpose of exchange and handicraft industry is to satisfythe households’ needs and exchange gifts rather than to earn profits. Land was the mainfinancial source of the society. Land belonged to the whole family and it could not betransferred nor divided. Farming was an honorable and respectable career; there werefew professional businessmen and handicraftsmen who had low social status and weredespised. In terms of social structure in ancient Greece in, oikos were the basic socialunits of the early countries in the Dark Ages. The core of the ancient Greece society wasoikos rather than individuals. The economic and social gap between the upper class andfarmers was not very wide. The ways of living of noblemen and common people werevery alike for financial difference was only the quantity not the quality.The fourth chapter is about the world’s war and military situation in the Dark Ages.The purpose of the wars in ancient Greece is to plunder treasure and enslave peoplerather than to conquer other countries or expand territory. The scale of the wars wererelatively small and the duration was short. And wars were an important way ofenriching their families, gaining reputations and consolidating their power for the kingsand noblemen.