CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
17 Dec 2016
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Period following development & use of bronze, the primary metal used. A way of conceptually identifying broad cultural developments using technology. Last prehistoric period (between 1100 bc until c. 800 bc) A period before widespread development of writing. Dates for development of ba vary across the mediterranean depending on culture. Therefore, there is a degree of regional variation in dating the ba. Large period into smaller even approximate (c. a) to make more understandable subdivided. Early, middle, & late bronze age (eb, mb, cb) Result of refinements in dating excavated data through careful study + analysis. Egypt pyramids of giza c. 2500 bv 3rd millennium. Temple on platform to sumerian god (original height 50m) Stonehenge c. 2000 bc southern england, salisbury. 2000 1001 bce (a thousand years) 5th century = 500 401 bce. Aegean sea = part of med island of crete. Minoan: (cid:862)pre greek(cid:863) ci(cid:448)ilization: exhibits cultural characteristics similar to & consistent with the greeks.
