POLS 2490- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 86 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Ancient greece was never unified in a political way. Ancient greeks were always at war with each other. The greeks had a strong devotion to political independence and political freedom, human achievement, didn"t want to humble themselves to priests. They wanted to be the best because they were mortal unlike the gods, wanted to leave their mark on the world. Minoan civilizations on the island of crete. Schliemn, auther evans (discovered the most about them) Started in 2000 bc, not clear who they were or if they were greek. They lived in great stone palaces, probably bureaucratically organized. Had great wealth and were trading people. The palace economies were based on storage and distribution. The surplus was distributed back to villagers. A volcanic eruption caused tidal wave and caused their extinction. Linear b tablets, translated in the 1950s, written in and earlier form of. Massive palaces, powerful warrior culture with strong centralized leadership.
