CLAS 260 Lecture 1: JAN 11 - Intro / Chronology

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLAS 260
• Professor: Matthew Buell

Document Summary

First class january 11th / course introduction; history of research, environment. > lh iiib /13th c. bc / 1250 bc. Relevance: weight relieving arch, maybe minoan lions maybe conquered by mycenaean. > primary source: to defend your argument (evidence), contemporary, exhibit of a photograph, direct account, document physical object, (pottery buildings, etc) created during the time used study. > secondary source: to backup your argument, a source that references a primary source, interprets and analyzes primary sources. > weekends count for 1 day for late submission (5% par day) a guide on moodle for references. B. c. e = before the common era (=b. c, before christ) C. e = of the (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) e(cid:396)a (cid:894)=a. d a(cid:374)(cid:374)o do(cid:373)i(cid:374)o, (cid:858)i(cid:374) the (cid:455)ea(cid:396) of ou(cid:396) lo(cid:396)d(cid:895) 200-100 take the first = 200 second century. Neolithic : 7,000-3,000 bc (neo =new / lithic = stone) Greece -> dominated by the mountains and the sea. Less than 1/3 of land surface is arable (agriculture)