Social Work 1022A/B : A-Introduction_Summary (1).doc
1 Oct 2013
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Cs 2906a/b introduction to greek and roman medicine: summary. Important civilisations living in the mediterranean and surrounding regions in the 2nd millenium b. c. include the minoans (crete); the myceneans (mycenae, peloponnese); the hittites (anatolia); the babylonians (mesopotamia the country between the rivers". Euphrates and tigris = modern iraq) and the egyptians (nile valley). In greece the destruction of the mycenean culture (c. 1200) was followed by the so called dark age about which not much is known. Greece is a mountainous country with deep valleys, small plains and an indented coastline. Each city dominated a plain and was an independent political entitiy. Venus], goddess of love etc. ) and participation in competitive games held at certain intervals in specific locations (e. g. the olympic games in olympia, the phythian games in. Expansion and trade brought the greeks into contact (and conflict) with other populations in the. Mediterranean basin, notably the etrurians (italy), phoenicians (north africa), and.
