CLAS-C - Classical Studies CLAS-C 205 Lecture 3: historical contexts and early history
18 Oct 2016
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Historical Contexts
CAPTIAL LETTERS = region, Normal sized letters = city
Natural Resources
Gold (THRACE)
Silver (ATTICA)
Iron (LACONIA)
Copper (CYRUS)
Limestone (Athens, EUBOREA)
Clay (Athens (red clay), Corinth (yellow clay)
75% of Greece is mountains
o Travel in ancient Greece was difficult
o Haul ass or haul o a ass
Agriculture
Wheat, barley (plains in winter and May)
o Main diet consists of wheat/barley bread 95% of time
Olives (lowlands) and oil (olive oil)
o The Greeks used olive oil for perfume, body wash, hair products, etc
Grapes (slopes) & wine (they drank a lot of wine)
Livestock
Sheep
Goats
Pigs
Cattle (rare)
Horses (aristocrats) (not for eating)
*small animals reprodue fast ad do’t hae to eat arley/heat
Early History of Greece
BE=BCE (before common era) AD=CE (common era)
Ca 3000 – 1600 BCE Early – Middle Bronze Age (pre-Greek)
o Minoans (King Minos): early people of Crete
o Flourished ca 2200 – 1450 BCE
o Mainly Middle Bronze Age
o Used an (undeciphered) written script alled reta Liear A
o Archaeological materials indicate parts of cretan culture
o Venerated fertility goddess
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Document Summary
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