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.” (10[2])Modern scholarship has questioned the number of cities an early historian from this country (10[1])claimed fought in a conflict over the Lelantine Plain. (10[3])An “orientalizing” period in pottery (10[1])from this country followed the Protogeometric and Geometric period. For 10 points, name this civilization whose “Archaic Period” (10[1])was marked by the emergence of the polis. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Ancient Greece [or Greek culture; accept Greek Dark Ages or Greek Archaic Period]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Evans Hall destruction awaiters7510
Nick JensenThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubQuasicrystal Silence7510
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailI would prefer not to8910
Charles HangHang et al., Robert BrowningIn Search of Things Past9810
Jordan BrownsteinThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill9810
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladnesswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp9810
Will AlstonCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)10310
Andrew HartBHSU[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?12110
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too12910

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%0%0%98.44