HIST 2850 Midterm: Midterm notes

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2850
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Prehistory of the greek peninsula ca 40,000 years ago. Greek history is influenced by the geological structure of its land. ie ocean coast and mountainous terrain. Hunter/gatherer living in caves very much cave people. Franchthi cave: oldest inhabitant sites of the ancient greek world, inhabited in around 40,000. First migration: new people moved from the east to the west and brought with them agriculture. This would radically change the way the way the. Raising livestock would follow allowing larger families. These new technologies would allow settlement ( ie athens: provides protection, stable living environments, develop of social hierarchy system of finding out who is in charge. This technology would spread to the greek peninsula. Knowledge of bronze reached the greek and this is where our history begins. Greek mainland was far behind the east ( ie pyramids) Dominate power for most of the early bronze age (of the greek peninsula) Minoan palaces: knossos and phaistos, administrative centers of power.