Question
A culture in this country perfected a technique of three-phase firing of ceramics that varied the level of oxygen to produce different iron compounds. Adolf Kirchhoff divided the writing of a culture [emphasize] originally from this country into four color-coded regional styles based on how they mapped sounds to symbols. Anthony Snodgrass argued that a “structural revolution” and “intellectual revolution” bookmark a period of this country’s history when political amalgamation occurred through a process of (*) “synecism.” Modern scholarship has questioned the number of cities an early historian from this country claimed fought in a conflict over the Lelantine Plain. An “orientalizing” period in pottery from this country followed the Protogeometric and Geometric period. For 10 points, name this civilization whose “Archaic Period” was marked by the emergence of the polis. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Jason Golfinos | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 75 | 10 |
Nick Jensen | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | Quasicrystal Silence | 75 | 10 |
Matt Bollinger | Team Name Think Detail | I would prefer not to | 89 | 10 |
Charles Hang | Hang et al., Robert Browning | In Search of Things Past | 98 | 10 |
Jordan Brownstein | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 98 | 10 |
Chris Ray | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 98 | 10 |
Will Alston | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | 103 | 10 |
Andrew Hart | BHSU | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 121 | 10 |
Vedul Palavajjhala | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 129 | 10 |