HIST 1001 : History Exam 2
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Ancient greek civilization: greece is mainly a mountain reign, lot of rainfall, not so fertile soil, homer lived around 700 b. c. Starts out in year nine of the war: heinrich schliemann. Motivated to learn and study, self learned. 1850 went to cali b/c of the gold rush. Started business of a supply store (anything need to dig for gold) Main goal was to discover the city of troy. Travels to turkey using the iliad as a map. Couldn"t sleep one night so decided to dig himself and finds golden treasures. Looks for agamemnon"s city (mycenae: troy, mycenae. Burred with treasures and weapons: sir arthur evans. Traveled to crete and found a palace: elaborate palace, no walls, running water, painting of bulls on walls everything, strange paintings everything. Production and trade of wine and olive oil. Both can be preserved and had many uses. Linear b supplants linear a in 1450 bc. Historical forgotten: wine and olive, crete, carl blegen.
