[CLA160H1] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (32 pages long)
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Cla160 lecture 2: the greek (cid:858)dark age(cid:859) a(cid:374)d early ar(cid:272)hai(cid:272) gree(cid:272)e. Chronological definitions and periods greece: bronze age: c. 3000 c. 1200 b. c. Iron (or dark) age: c. 1200 c. 800 b. c: archaic period: c. 800 c. 480 b. c. Mycenean bronze age (c. 1700 b. c. c. 1200 b. c: focus on palaces or citadels built. Takes several hundred years before complex structures like fortresses or citadel complexes are built like in mycenae: distinctive deature of the mycenean fortresses or citadels is that they are very heavily fortified. Only one way in a chokepoint for hostiles. Tiry(cid:374)s; the (cid:858)(cid:272)hariot ra(cid:373)p(cid:859: a large, extensive, fortified complex, chariots as weapons of war, occupied at the same time; close to mycenae, hostile neighbours. Pylos the (cid:858)megaro(cid:374)(cid:859: megaron at the centre of the pylos palace. Circular feature at the centre of a room. Mycenean civilization is literate, so far as they are able to produce written records: pylos tablet administrative records (lists, counting details, day-to-day working documents, economic interest)
