Classical Studies 3903 Lecture 1: Classical Studies 3903 Lecture Notes January 8 2019

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3903
• Professor: Catherine Pratt

Document Summary

Geography: the eastern mediterranean, the near east, mesopotamia, anatolia, levant, egypt, the aegean, mainland greece, crete. The near east / egypt: since the nile flows to the north the northern part of the country is referred to as lower. Lecture: the persian empire eventually took over most of the. Eastern influence to come into greece: the northern aegean which are very close to the coast of. Anatolia: predominately influenced by the near east, one of the paths for near eastern influence to come into greece. Lecture: crete also contained mountain ranges that divided the island, the eastern, central and western areas of the island were different from one another. Mycenean greece: the archaic period, greeks begin to form city states, many greeks also lived on the west coast of anatolia. It was during this time that people began to designate themselves as greek: the threat of the persians allowed for the greeks to band together to fight for their country.