Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Minos, Minoan Chronology, Knossos
5 May 2016
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A culture that occupied the island of crete and has cultural in uence on some. Cycladic islands and the west coast anatolia, used a writing system called linear a , which has not yet been deciphered. Prepalatial period (lived in settlements, focused on cemeteries, traded with cyclades) Increased hierarchy, increased trade, production of impressive goods) (lots of art) Colonies established north and east; contact with levant, egypt) (art was characterized by naturalist; lots of wildlife and very free. Monopalatial period (knossos rules the island, switch to linear b) Final palatial period (knossos falls, local rule. Postpalatial period (may local strongholds collapse, others continue without linear b) Mythical king of the island crete: king minos (story of minotaur, etc. ) When arthur evans rst discovered the city knossos, he assumed it was the home of. We have no clue what bronze age cretans actually called themselves. Around 1620 bc, they had adopted minoan traditions.
