AHCL 2105H Lecture 4: Sept 15th - Ancient Greek
15 Mar 2017
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Nasa terra satellite 21. 1. 2013: shows that things that happen on one side of mediterranean sea have an effect on the other. Mycenaean chronology: age of shaft graves, early tholos tombs. Destructions at mycenaean sites (examples: cnossus, mycenae, tiryns, thebes, pylos, tiryns abandoned. The rise of complex societies in the aegean: renfrew, colin, (1972), the emergence of civilization: the cyclades and the aegean in the third. Millennium bc, london: modifications, ecology and overproduction. Late bronze age system: 1500-1100: a system that consist of states, hatti*, mittani, assyria*, babylonia*, egypt*, elam, states are linked diplomatically and economically, all states speak acadian from babylonia (oldest international language) Note: * indicated key states that eventually take over some of the smaller states. Citadels: hattusa (city: architecturally palace has extra fortification, follows very similar structure as mycenaean culture, shows that there is large culture influence.
