AR104 Lecture Notes - Common Era
16 Oct 2011
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Bc (before christ) and ad (anno domini) used mainly in classical studies. Bce (before common era) and ce (common era) used mainly in near eastern studies. Had time for other things such as pleasure not just the necessities. Heavily influenced by the near east spread west to france & italy and east to pakistan. Greek became a common language in the near east. Sources of information > physical and written remains. Phoenicians created the first alphabet and the greek"s picked their alphabet based on that. (right to left) Information from the time is collected and was displayed on tombstones, graffiti, and incriptions. Problems: what artifacts survive and what artifacts don"t, determine our knowledge therefore not giving us complete results. Looterstombstones that are robbed determine could determine how valuable a person is. Documents may not be able to be translated, they may be bias, and they may be incomplete. Archaic period epic poems (no historical documents)
