The Etruscans

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Mrs. McGannWorld History

1. Around 800 bcesettled in Etruria.

2. borrowed alphabet from Greeks, but spoke a different language from everyone else.

3. dug tunnels and built dams to drain fields; built cities on hilltops w/ a wall.

4. 1st civilized people in Italy “People of the Sea”.

5. were pirates and traders.

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6. Used iron tools to grow wheat, barley, millet, grapes, & fruit. Raised pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, chicken, and cattle.

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7. Used copper, lead, iron, and tin to make weapons, utensils, & jewelry.

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8. soldiers learned from Greeks → had a phalanx

9. secret weapon: leather shoes (provided better footing).

10. Cities grew in size and power→ dominated Northern Italy.

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A. Daily Life1. enjoyed bright colors, riches, & a

good time

2. played games (similar to chess & backgammon); gambled with ivory dice

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3. sports: wrestling, running, boxing, horse racing

4. loved music and dancing

-flute and lyre-dance to please

gods

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5. women danced, participated in celebrations, and owned property

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6. three classes:

-upper class: landowners, priests, nobles

-middle class: farmers, traders, and city workers

-lower class: acrobats and slaves (from wars)

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7. wealthy owned most land

8. rich house:-rectangular, one story-drains

-courtyards (used for business during day

and entertainment at night)

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B. Religious Beliefs1. gods modeled after Greeks

2. worshipped in temples with sculptures

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3. believed universe ÷ into provinces, each ruled by different god, with humans in center.

-west-death and underworld

-east-heaven (temples all faced east)

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4. found out what gods wanted by visiting soothsayers

-read omens: livers of animals, direction/sound of thunder

and lightning, and the flight of birds.

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C. Tombs of Gold1. Noble dies→ banquet → 2 slaves

fight to death, loser goes with noble

2. dead buried in catacombs → pics of daily life, chairs, & body put on a bed

3. life after death- longer & more important than on earth

-filled with works of art, treasures of gold, silver, bronze, and ivory

4. Etruscan tombs are known as “tombs of gold”

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5. Outside each Etruscan city was a necropolis, or cemetery

6. Caere is one of largest Etruscan cemeteries

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