GRST 205 Lecture 1: GRST 205 ALL NOTES - Not Condensed

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 205
• Professor: Amber Porter

Document Summary

Geography: mainland and islands, not a unified nation in early times, consisted of. Rhodes: mostly mountainous (75%), difficult to travel, lots of coastline, also occupied asia minor, north africa & sicily. Travelling by sea was easiest, but dangerous. Natural resources with other civilizations: building stone, clay, and some metals (silver) were available, other building materials such as bronze were obtained through trade, deforestation to obtain wood resources, semi-arid. Sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys, horses, cattle, fowl. Deer, boar, rabbit, fox, bear, wolf, lion. Other marine animals: extinction of some animals eventually. Early bronze age (3000-2000 bce) is when the bronze age has a large influence in greece development occurring. Mid bronze age (2000-1600 bce), there is widespread destruction little to no. 2500 bce use of bronze spreads throughout the aegean. 1800 bce linear a (early writing form) is developed in crete. 2300-2000 bce indo-european speaking peoples spread throughout greece. 2200-1400 bce marks the minoan age in crete.