HIST 1001 Lecture : West Civ Notes LSU
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Hittites - first endo european to make a complex system anatolia = asia minor = modern turkey. They have a giant coast line and are really good at trades but sometimes they get involved into war like times. Hittite city hattushia had lion sculptures at the gates of their city. New kingdom egypt collapses and the hittites . but now we are going to greece which is in europe. We don"t have documents in europe that"s why they have been under the radar they are small scale agricultural cities. Iliad is about the trojan war / love story. Hiemrick schilemann middle class german whose father is a merchant and a alcoholic. He was a big fan of homer hienrick is a smart guy He went to california during the goal rush but not to mine for gold, he opened shops he made a ton of money and decided he wanted to find the city of troy.
