JAL328H1 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 - Mediterranean + Alphabet pt. I
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Lecture 6: into the mediterranean & alphabet pt. Eastern mediterranean region; trading area -> interchange and dissemination of writing systems. Crete aegean sea in the bronze age. Cretan hieroglyphics no relation to hieroglyphics in egypt. Hieroglyphs = pictures; linears = line based. Cretan hieroglyphs and linear a = overlapped in time period and locations. Based on crete and aegean islands around. Conquered by myceneans -> don"t know anything about the culture or language because they didn"t survive. Called the minoans because they"re named after king minos (may have been multiple kings) of knossos named by arthur evans. Sir arthur john evans: english archaeologist excavating and restoring knossos. Discovered 2 additional scripts: linear a and b (abstract, line-based than previous hieroglyphs) Found clay tablets; organize/catalogued them into inventories. May be the oldest city in europe; centre of civilization. Capital city; political centre of the minoan civilization. Indoor/outdoor murals, decorative potter -> cryptic picture of minoan civilization.
