CLAA06H3 Lecture : Lecture 1 Notes

95 views4 pages
27 Apr 2011
School
Course

Document Summary

Acient myth i i- greece and rome- lecture 1. A brief i nt roduction to ancient greece. Mountainous and dry landscape : rocky, hilly, not a lot of grass. Rivers too narrow to navigate by boat. Goats, sheep, pigs; cows are rare due to lack of pastureland; horses rare and prestigious-> had to have the best kind of land to keep the horse. Peloponnesus (a peninsula) with several regions-achaea, elis, arcadia< argolis, messsenia, laconia. Euboea an island east of the mainland etc. natural resources of greece. > all rooms in these palaces centred around courtyard. > centers of power-> commercial and distribution center. King -> areas around them ruled by kings-> either religiously or military. Didn"t have letters-> pictures that symbolized the words. > common-> bull; power-> devil acts; religious symbol. 2100 bce-> major destruction all over greece-> new people migrating from central asia-> indo europeans.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents

Related Questions