FAH206H1 Chapter 22: Trade
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Trade - oxford handbook of the bronze age aegean political can structure commercial exchange. Transfer of goods is == with movement of people + interaction (sharing of technology + ideas + beliefs) Societies of the aegean developed while in contact w/ each other in the. Need for bronze-making metals spurred the interregional trade in the. Mediterranean exchange of luxury items were also powerful statements. Minoan civilization = influenced by north africa and western asia (styles of dress, crafts and architecture) Introduction of foreign goods from their sophisticated neighbors at. Mycenae == rise of the elite on mainland greece: studies: suggest that exchange with a highly structured neighbor provoke changes in settlement distributions, resource management or admin hierarchy. Early bronze age exchange in this period were contained within the aegean interaction at an limited distance. Egyptian contact with crete during 3rd mil = evidence by style and material of minoan seals (ivory + carved in egyptian shapes)
