HISB10H3 Lecture 2: September 9
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The iron age and the origins of the polis (cid:862) o f(cid:396)o(cid:373) all this it is e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)t that the polis exists by natural processes, and that it is natural for a man to live in a polis. Anyone who has no polis, not by accident but by reason of his own nature, must be subhuman o(cid:396) else supe(cid:396)hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)! (cid:863) aristotle, politics, 1253. These get passed down by family members through generations who preserve it by choice: the only evidence that is found during this period which was preserved by accident. Pylos tablet py ub 1318 (c. 1450 bc) documents the distribution of baskets and also prepared hides designated for the creation of sandals. Pylos ta(cid:271)let a(cid:271) 573 (cid:894)(cid:272). (cid:1005)35(cid:1004) bc(cid:895), (cid:862) i(cid:454)tee(cid:374) women from miletos (miletus), three girls and se(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:271)o(cid:455)s, a(cid:374)d a (cid:396)atio(cid:374) of (cid:449)heat a(cid:374)d figs. (cid:863: possibly textile workers (?, was found in pylos, greece.
