HUM 2 Lecture 2: Humanities 2 - Culture of Ancient Greece and Rome - 2
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Said minos established rule over the sea. Minoans had trade contacts all over aegean. Outposts and colonies over aegean and even greek mainland. Don"t know if political domination or just dominant trading power. Minoans were in contact with egypt at highest levels. Tomb painting showing people in minoan garb bringing gifts to the. Fresco in palace at knossos showing soldiers from africa. Art pieces that are native to egypt but not crete. The coming in piece of the great ones of kftiw (kefteeyew) Mycenaeans learned to read and write from minoans. Spread of different dialects of greek language. Ancestors arrived in what is now greece between 2500-2000. Before, it was dominated by a people who didn"t speak greek or even an indo- Arises around 1600, owing to powerful influences from more advanced minoans (reading, writing) Linear b adapted from minoan linear a thrive. Around 1400, when minoans started collapsing, mycenaean culture started to.
