CLA232H1 Study Guide - Lysistrata
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Where there is economic exchange there is cultural exchange. Power went to rowers as they were in charge of the boats yet they were slaves :. Living in greece was hard work for average person and required constant hard labor. If you work har, pray and are morally upright you can make a decent living and stay alive. Communication between parts of greece was difficult. Had to go up and over the mountains. Nationality thought of first in terms of city-state. I"m a spartan, i"m an athenian, etc". It is greek but with a different alphabet. Predated only by minoan which has undeciphered alphabet (linear a) Very important for greeks for reflective purposes. Lots of tombs of great warrios = :. Mystery as to why they went into decline. Palaces are abandoned, tombs show less wealth, people were malnourished (this was a wide-spread trend around mediterranean) During this period linear b was lost.
