HIS101H5 Lecture 8: The Mediterranean
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It"s a multidisciplinary way of examining the civilizations of greece and rome: Their culture extended to the mediterranean and north africa. Leaves a strong impression on the modern world. Many aspects of our culture come from other places but greece and rome. The aspiration for greece and rome are shown everywhere. Expressed a lot in politics and academia (cid:3241) symbols (cid:3242) Words from greek and latin are used a lot. They were a chain of towns: big cities had cultural contact: they were open to other cultures, expanded area. Adopted egyptian deities: worshipped it using 2 different languages. Famous for trading: trade: had harbors, cedar: Extremely valuable for construction for buildings and ships. Could be quite demanding with the price. Wrote about it in the bible: purple die: intense colour, never faded or ran, gave the alphabet: one letter per sound. Note: greek word byblos (city in territory of phoenicians) (cid:3241) word for book (cid:3241) bible.
