CLA-2110 Lecture 1: Lecture 1
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Bro(cid:374)ze age (cid:894)myce(cid:374)ae, k(cid:374)ossos(cid:895), (cid:862)dark ages(cid:863) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)a(cid:374)y historical docu(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Poleis (plural of polis city), homer, solon, battle of salamis/plataea. Hellenistic period: 332-31 bce--- greek like--- identified as greek, spoke greek. Alexander the great, hellenization (process of becoming more greece), rome. Sumerians settled in mesopotamia sometime around 5500 bce. Mountain makes communication more difficult many times communities were isolated. Travel by sea usually to avoid the mountainous terrain. Food production only 30% of land can be cultivated 20% good agricultural land. Big 3 grain, grapes and olives in book when they say corn it means grain. Also grew legumes (peas and beans), vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Meat, fish and cheese s(cid:373)all part of a(cid:448)erage fa(cid:373)ily"s diet--- sheep and goats, pigs, fowl. Cattle and horses marker of high social status. Not many natural resources they were there but the tools (cid:449)ere(cid:374)"t there. Allows the athenians to become the controlling power.
