CLT 3370 Lecture Notes - Minoan Civilization, Knossos, Theogony

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Ancient greece had many mountains that led to pockets of fertile land: filled with sheep, water was seasonal via rivers. Greece was surrounded by many other cultures: south of ancient greece was egypt, to the east was the near east . Early/middle bronze age (3000-1600 bce): the origin of the greeks: bronze = main metal used during this time period, crete i. e. minoan civilization palace at knossos. Late bronze age (mycenaean age) (1600-1150 bce: trojan war takes place, mycenae ruled by king agamemnon maybe, mycenae had a language called linear b (greek). Language was used strictly for record keeping. The dark age (1150-800 bce: flourishing and rich civilizations. The archaic period (800-490 bce: start to use writing for literature. Homer supposedly lived during this time period: iliad and the odyssey. Hesiod: wrote theogony , time period when ancient greeks came in contact with the near east. Led to ideas of monsters like the centaur and gorgon.

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