HISTORY 1M03 Lecture : January 10, 2013-Minoan and Mycenaean Greece-The Bronze Age.docx
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History 1m03: minoan and mycenaean greece: the bronze age. Periodization of greece: minoan civilization, c 2700-1600 bce, mycenaean civilization, c 1900-1200 bce. Iron age or dark age greece: 1100-776 bce, archaic period (art/architecture, 776-480 bce, classical period, 480-323 bce, hellenistic period, 323 (death of alexander the great)-31 bce. First greek-speakers : middle bronze age (3000-1600 bce) Indo-european language group: sanskrit, greek, latin, anglo-saxon, russian, eurasian peoples, aryan myth, invasion into mediterranean region, domination of local groups. Palace and town integrated: satisfied, complex social order. Sharp distinctions in wealth and status: thalassocracy. Thalassa ( sea ) and kratos ( power : colony of thera (modern santorini) Eastern mediterranean: minoan art, bull leaping, papyrus. 1400 bce > widespread destruction of palaces on crete. Mycenaean ciilvilization: named after mycenae, c 2000 bce > early indo-european peples moves into greece, linear b, deciphered in 1953 (michael ventis and john chadwick, identified as early form of greece, alphabet adapted from linear a.
