Section II - Societies

[bradman]

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Originally Posted by russianROULETTE

i didn't write about religious role of women. didn't even cross my mind for a second -_-

I talked about their main role as making babies and then wrote a bit on their religious and economic role


EDIT: Oh and the first question was natural resources. I said iron ore, lotsa trees and the red-dye molluscs

[Patar]

yeah, I overkilled that question... 8 marks and I swear I wrote an academic essay on it... same with Lycurgus. But thankfully, if I'm going to do that, at least I did it in the 45 minutes haha.

I'm still getting over misreading the Herculaneum/Street question.. lols.

[danniface.]

Originally Posted by mynamewastaken

minoans. they were ok, but i had a bit of trouble with the features of the frescoes... we had the exact same question in my trial, and i screwed it up then too. you'd think i would have learned my lesson! but the 12 marker was good.

Loll I'm EXACTLY the same!

I was reading my trial or whatever exam it was last night and it was my answer to that exact question, and I did pretty shit in it.

And then I saw it on the test paper today. I was like DAAAMMMMMIIIITTT.

Minoans was pretty shit. Except for the religion bit. Oh so easy to ramble on about.

[stillwaters]

Originally Posted by MadamGuilia

Mycenaean Greece.

Wasn't too bad, I forgot what a tholos tomb was but attempted it. Rambled on about the citadel and the crafts/industry as best I could or could remember... 'Bout all.

yea did mycenaean greece as well.... lol i rambled on about citadels as well... tlaking about the walls..... and the palace.. .and yea... big stones in the walls... ummm..... yeaa... but it was ok... it seemed abit easier than last years and other years.

[bradman]

Originally Posted by Patar

I'm still getting over misreading the Herculaneum/Street question.. lols.

Misreading?

Methinks it won't matter - you'll pick up the 4.

[Patar]

Someone told me it was Herculaneum, not Pompeii.

This is esentially what I wrote:

Divided into Insulae [in Pompeii]
[Pompeii was] "Interlocking jigsaw of small medium and large houses" (Hadrill)
Shops opened up onto the streets [of Pompeii]
[Pompeii had] several gates
The main road was the Via Dell'Abbondaza which led up to the Forum
The roads met with other roads in other Companian towns [in Pompeii]
10% was market gardens [in Pompeii] (Jashemski)

So you see, while I wrote a small essay on it - my writing style subconsciously always answers the question I think I am supposed to be answering

It would have all been structured, "Pompeii's streets" and "in Pompeii" at the end of every point.

lols.

I think I'll get 2 for the question. I did refer to the source, but I went "...in Pompeii, as seen in Source 5."

lol again

oh well. it's over. I'm happy enough with it. Looking forward to going to GPK with the Brotherhood (you'd know them Bradman but i probs shouldnt name anyone on the internet) on the 6th.

[daniellekho]

Originally Posted by silverfiction

ooh athenian society with pericles?

yeah the questions were pretty easy except for that stupid economy one..


but yeah i reacon i bullcrapped my way through it, it just had to be an 8 marker didnt it...

yes it was an 8marker...relatively easy. talk tribute,coinage, army, trade and slavery and the sort and how they benefited the eco.

[willyj123]

Sparta:

I don't think the women question required anything about helot/perioikoi women in it. Sure you could have thrown it in there but I think it was more about Spartiate women.
I talked about having children, looking after estate/sysittion while men were gone, entertainment (song and dance, seen in a source in previous questions). As for role I just talked about how they had more freedom then most Greek women, in terms of things like choice in marriage etc.

Natural resources was a bit left field, I had water and grain, then I rememeber the use of tin and copper to make bronze for early weapons.

Did anyone else find the Lycurgus question kind of basic.. as in not a very complicated topic?

[Patar]

Originally Posted by willyj123

Sparta:

Natural resources was a bit left field, I had water and grain, then I rememeber the use of tin and copper to make bronze for early weapons.

One mark.

L.F Fitzhardinge states that Sparta lacked copper, gold, silver, and tin, but iron, lead and clay were in abundance in Spartan soil.

The Lycurgus question was OK, not too basic, as you didnt only have to describe - but explain the significance of.

[Rhanoct]

aw, gay! yeah, you had to have talked about female helots/periokoi too... fuck -.- this happened in one of my internal exams and i only got 6/8. i did mention religious roles though. hum

[Clever Chick]

Originally Posted by -vicki.VICIOUS-

it was interesting to see a q on lycurgus. i wouldnt say it was good...but interesting.
lucky i skimmed over that this morning ey?!
i was so happy to see a helot question.
i was cheering!

whoops i didnt say anything about periokoi or helot women either..ohh well. probbaly lose like 2 marks or something.
at least i refered to sources.

i didnt talk bout perioikoi women or helot women
mainly
their eductaion, motehrhood and freedom

[LMSKACS]

im thinking i did fairly well in the questions about the woman and the question on lycurgus.
however i had no clue about the natural resources present in Sparta. i had a massive mind blank and just wrote the only two things that popped into my head.

Fish
Olives

its only two marks but do you think i would get any marks? i had no bloody clue haha.

[cannibal.horse]

Persia was great

[Patar]

Originally Posted by Rhanoct

aw, gay! yeah, you had to have talked about female helots/periokoi too... fuck -.- this happened in one of my internal exams and i only got 6/8. i did mention religious roles though. hum

no, trust :P

you didnt have to talk about anything.

just answer the question as much as possible

people will still be able to get 8 marks cause they didnt do it through your understanding of it (helot and periokic women)

if you had economic, religious and eugenic roles, as well as emancipated status - and discussed these with even a range of backing sources, this is more than enough to get you an 8.

if you ask me - what are you talking about helot women for anyway for? They.. uh... worked as slaves? Yeah, so did helot men... there are no sources specifically about helot women, really, that i've come across.

[I am James]

Sparta (Lycurgus):

Nailed the helots qusetion, my answer for Spartan women was a bit shaky though, not the strongest but still pretty good I felt. Only thing I remembered about Lycurgus was Spartan upbringing, and that he wrote the Rhetra, but not what was on the Rhetra! Except that the gerousia was recognised (not sure even about that). Threw in about ancient scholars praising him and stuff.