CLAB05H3 Chapter Notes -Thalassocracy, Minoan Civilization, Planned Economy
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Week 1- chapter 4: the greek before history. Minos = a great king that most greeks thought ruled crete. Minos failed to sacrifice a special bull to poseidon. The angry god caused minos and his wife to love with that bull. She had sex with it = man, bull, man eating minotaur ( bull of minos ) Minos built a maze the labyrinth and kept the minotaur there. Primary sources = sources of info made by people present during the period. Secondary sources = sources of info that aren"t primary sources. Rebuilt portions of the walls of the cronsus palace. New writing system that rulers used to keep track of supply. Redistributive centers + linear a allowed rulers to run a centralized command economy. Iow: the harvested crops went to the palace, recorded by bureaucrats using. Linear a, gave rulers what they needed then sent to village that the ruler felt was enough for local/public.
