CLA160H1 Chapter 4-12: CLA160 chapters 4-12 study guide
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Chapter 4 notes: the emergence of greek civilization (minoan age to archaic age) Greeks were never completely united (separate states & citizens) but had similar customs and language. Major palace at knossos discovered by arthur evans. Cretans had a form of pictographic writing and also linear a: used fro recording palace transactions and inventories, most writing perished because done on clay, skin, and bark. Conquered by the mycenaeans from mainland greece. Mycenaean elite took over the minoan palaces. Introduced linear b which we can read. The head was a king called the wanax who was assisted by officials. Religion had an integral role in the organization of palace activities they had altars and the. Olympian deities were represented in linear b tablets. All mycenaean palaces were attacked and burned, all high arts of civilization were lost. How this happened is still a mystery either invaders or climate change.