HIST 2902 Lecture : The Bronze Age in Mainland Greece
8 Apr 2013
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Break in culture ca 2200bc foreign influence coming innw asia minorfrom troy: appears are though new population is coming in. Indo-european arrival ca 2100bc thought by linguists to have arrived at this time, however pretty difficult to prove as there are no examples of greek writing until about. Many megarons built but no signs of culture flourishing. Heinrich schliemann: poor, self educatedbecame a very rich business trader, always had an interest in ancient timeshomer"s illiad and was particularly interested in. "hoard of priam: mycenae, hilltop strong hold, was never "lost, grave circle aprovides with some on the earliest evidence from this siteseries thought to be a fusion society of minoan and cyclatic of shaft graves (6) ca 1600-1500bc. Basically comes down to the fact that we don"t know any other society with the much gold. Romanian gold mines? maybe they had a brief monopoly on trade there. : all this gold essentially catapults mycenaean into power in greece.
