HIST 2100 Lecture : Minoan and Mycenaean Greece.docx
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May indeed contain truth but how much is true and which are based on truth is almost impossible to say. Bronze = alloy of copper and tine. Used as main metal in second millennium bc 1000th bc. Legends of king minos at knossos on crete; trojan war (i. e. against troy in nw turkey (anatolia): beneath palace there was a labyrinth. Whether any truth is something that"s impossible to say. Greeks of the later period believed in these stories : merely belief no concrete evidence to back them up. Sir arthur evans (1851-1941) british excavator of knossos on crete. Heinrich schliemann (1822-1890) german excavatr of mycenae in mainland greece. Minoan civilization in bronze age crete, flourished circa 2000-1600 bc. Named by arthur after minos, the legendary king of knossus. As far as we know contained near the coast. Palaces at knossus also malia, phaistos, zakro: palaces damaged but rebuilt c. 1600 (seismic activity)
