HIS102Y1 Lecture : Session #3 - The Ancient Mediterranean World and ECE
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Ancient times o o o o o o o o o o o. 40 000 years ago homo sapiens enter europe, enter battle with neanderthals for survival. 12 000 years ago glacier starts to retreat and the european landscape changes. 6 000 years ago - beginning of agriculture, neolithic period o. Europe was able to flourish during this period because they had seas that were easy to cross, more animals for domestication (6 large animals versus north america only having 2) o. 1621 bc - eruption of minoan volcano: bronze age - tools become more efficient. Between baltic & black sea, gap/corridor for war times. Mixing of cultures & people e. g. scyths introduced new culture. 600 bc - germanic tribes migrate south for winter (e. g. ostrogoths in the ukraine) Greeks settled in the east, influence still present. Roman empire: controlled much of europe, northern africa and asia. Had migration from germanic (barbaric) tribes from the north, initially peaceful immigrants.
