daily life. what did etruscans enjoy to do with their leisure time? the etruscans enjoyed playing...
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What did Etruscans enjoy to do with their leisure time?The Etruscans enjoyed playing
and watching games like chess, backgammon, wrestling, running, boxing, and horse racing.
What did the Etruscans love to do the best?The Etruscans loved music and
dancing best. The Etruscans had a strong
sense of social orderWhat does social order
mean? Social Order: the way groups of
people are classed.
Who controlled most of the land? A few wealthy families
owned most of the land and most of the enslaved people tended the land and did other work.
Were the Etruscans Monotheistic or Polytheistic? The Etruscans had many gods,
most of whom were modeled after the Greeks.
What were the Etruscans belief on the universe? The Etruscans believed the
universe was divided into provinces with each province ruled by different gods
. The Etruscans also believed
humans were powerless before the gods so they wanted to please their gods.
They discovered what the gods willed through a priestly group of aristocrats called soothsayers
What is a soothsayers? Soothsayer: people who
can predict events.
Soothsayers read certain omens, or signs of what is to happen.
What happened when Etruscan nobles died? When an Etruscan noble
died, a great banquet was held, and two of the noble’s slaves fought one another to the death.
The dead were buried in tombs beneath the ground called catacombs.
What were the Etruscans belief on death?The Etruscans believed
that life after death lasted longer and was more important than life on Earth.
What did the Etruscan fill their tombs with?They filled their tombs
with works of art and treasures of gold, silver, bronze, and ivory.