3904F- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3904F
• Professor: David Wilson

Document Summary

C l a s s i c a l s t u d i e s 3 9 0 4 f. It is somewhat isolated: about 350 kilometres from the coasts of libya and egypt to the south, contact with egypt was indirect, they did not have much contact with the outside world, not direct trade. It was funneled to the north through ports in. September 11 2017: would have been one of the major trading centres for people going from crete to the mainland or the mainland to crete. Bronze age since the timber in the eastern part would have been cut for ships: the timber may have been gone by the beginning of the palatial period. September 11 2017: large ceremonial centre, the people who used this centre would have been based in herakleion, the towns people lived in would have been connected to the ceremonial centre as well as a sacred cave site.