HIST 150 Lecture 2: lecture 2 outlinePDF
30 Aug 2016
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Mediterranean: minoan civilization (c. 2000-1400 bce, the island of crete: minoan (the only things we know about them are from areology) Linear a: minoan writing (unable to read: minos: king of the crete. Wife fell in love with a bull and birthed a a half man, half bull called minotaur. Sent to a maze called the labyrinth and was killed by theseus and adriadne from athens: their society was fragmented in large palace"s decorated with large paintings (frescoes) number of large cities with communities of people. Knossos: disappears between 1450-1400 bce, mycenaean civilization (c. 1650-1100 bce, writing called mycenae in 1952 discovered how to read the writing. Indo-european migrations (c. 3000-1000 bce) between the black sea and the. Caspian sea for 2000 years: built large palace"s; had a large room called megouran(a religious room where king"s throne was. Government business was conducted) left weapons in their graves. 1100 disappears- greece goes into a dark age.
