CLA 30 Lecture 1: Lecture 1
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Bring ucd 2000 scantron (ones with student id bubble) Read a course on words, [hereafter cw], p. vii} Latin, means in the year of our lord. Modern times: greeks live in europe in greece, formed in 1800s. Ancient times: people who spoke greek lived in area of aegean sea. Middle of 2nd millennium b. c. e. (1500 b. c. e. ) We know because they left writing form (linear b) proved to be greek. Spread (incl. culture) to mediterranean sea over next 1,000 years. S. france, black sea, s. italy, sicily, n. africa. Alexander the great (356-23 b. c. e. ) conquered chunk of afroeurasia, brought. Ancient greeks excelled in art, philo, science. Although not dominant, left lasting mark in euro, middle eastern, s. asian culture. Romans = central italian people who got name from city of rome. First records from first millennium b. c. e. (~500 b. c. e. ) Originally controlled small area of central italy. Latin = predominant in w. mediterranean vs greek in e.
