CLAS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Balkans, Fertile Crescent, Greek Mythology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Clas*2000: prehistory of the greek peninsula (ca. Fertile crescent: region of the egyptian nile, through the levant things progressed faster. > largely to technological leap abandoned stone tools for bronze tools/weapons. > rst happens in the island of crete. > worshipped women, valued art and pottery, etc. > minoan bronze age - women were featured prominently (1500 yrs) > myceneans were invaders & migrants grey powerful and eclipsed the power of the. > belief that the eruption of the island of thera (1645 bc) experienced a volcanic eruption which dis-stabilized minoan culture and allowed the myceneans to take over. Mycenaens: warriors, lived in forti ed in city palaces, built forti ed palaces with prominent exterior walls, 1100-1200 bc civilizations collapse through natural disasters destroyed the minoans and myceneans. > greek alphabet borrowed from (phanitia???) was one of the most important developments of their comeback. > greeks start writing down the stories (myths) they"ve been telling to each other throughout time.