مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - SOCIAL GROUPS AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN THE ANCIENT GREEK DARK AGE (BC. XI-VII. CENTURIES)

Abstract :

In this study, the social groups that make up the social fabric of the Ancient Greek society during its dark ages and the appertaining political structure is investigated. In Ancient Greece, pre-police social life was based on small groups of people bound by blood ties and kinship ties, and socio-political activities in such groups continued in different forms until a concept of “community” emerged. The Dark Age (BC. XI-VII. Centuries) which is considered to have begun with the fall of the Mycenaeans, covers the years in which ancient Greek civilization has been in turmoil for a long time. In the dark age, Ancient Greek society, like all ancient communities, was based on the ethos of “the same sibling, the same religion, and the same ancestor”, and these communities were mainly classified as oikos-genos-phratri-phyle groups. These units, which are usually products of religious ties, blood ties, military or political associations, have maintained their existence and significance for a long time, and they set precedent for the formation of ancient Greek society and city-states called the police.