AR104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homeric Greek, Hurrians, Burial
6 Jun 2013
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Iron age: spread of languages, group of european languages. Around year 1200 1190: destruction patterns, famous cities throughout middle east, greece, egypt, get attacked. Problem with chariot was that it was useful: simple tool, 10ft long, new type of iron used for chariots, meant to charge at enemy. Cities as they are destroyed get named: egypt was hysos. East to west: suggests that we are talking about movement of people that are intent of destroying, one purpose in mind, these people have become seaborne. Myceane was also destroyed: attack happened quickly, city burning fast. Makes clay into ceramic, reason for evidence we have today: vanishing of civilizations, groups that attacked are referred to as the dorians. Dorian comes from dur meaning a long glance. Northern dialect of greek: the entry point of the dorians, people who are going to stay for a long time, last time greece was invaded for a long time.
