CORE 102gp Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: B.C. Rich, Dj Magazine
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The ancient world empty world compared to now (animals>humans); less life expectancy. ^ newcomers brought new diseases to new world(1492) ^ 98% of native people died due to this. = extermination of a city: 9/10 died in childhood, epidemics -> better off after b/c rich, violence. ^ lower classes much more alike (above is aristocracy) Ancient -> cold all the time (resistance = tough) 6 lives birth per woman to keep replacing population. ^^^^ therefore: as many kids with as many women. ^ people were never alone (they"re whole life) Never in a room alone: were scared of animals. Homer writing in 800 b. c. about events that happened in 1200 b. c. All agreed that homer wrote the iliad and the odyssey. Linea a & linea b 90% can be read by us ( no literature, all records) Homer ~ living in mud huts among ruins. In an oral world where nothing can be written down memory is key.
