HIST 2100 Lecture : Minoan and Mycenaean Greece-The Bronze Age
18 Dec 2013
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History 1m03: minoan and mycenaean greece: the bronze age. Iron age or dark age greece: 1100-776 bce. Hellenistic period: 323 (death of alexander the great)-31 bce. No written greek sources until at least 7th c bce > homer: homer"s iliad, odyssey, for greeks, all before that is prehistory > myth and legend. Physical record (archeology: structures, graves, wall painting, sculptures, painted pottery, tools, weapons, written records on clay tablets (late bronze age) Indo-european language group: sanskrit, greek, latin, anglo-saxon, russian, eurasian peoples. Invasion into mediterranean region, domination of local groups. 1871-discovery of troy at modern hissarlik (turkey: found gold and jewels. He believed that the trojan war was real and not a myth unlike other people. 1876-schliemann discovers shaft graves at mycenae: found gold, jewels, weapons and death mask (mold of their face, showing off their ancestry) 2100 bce: population boom, development of several urban centres. 1700-1200 bce minos palace at knossos: residential rooms, storehouses, workshops, central courtyard (unwalled)
