HIST 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Michael Ventris, Hexameter, Aeneid
3 Nov 2017
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Diacromic same through time, doesn"t change over time. Herodotus father of history, first person in greek tradition to find out/document the history of persian wars, sometimes considered father of geography, gives us idea of different customs. Helias the modern day mainland greece, common greek identity developed in 5th century, main city-states located (ex. Polis city-state, organizing politically from archaic to hellenistic periods. Made up of the urban and center (astu) in the middle and surrounded by chora (suitable land for farming) Linear a minoans created to track what comes into the palace. Mystery to where the minoans came from. Shaft graves graves that are dug down and put the body in and covered with dirt. Linear b tablets (cid:449)riting, doesn"t gi(cid:448)e us stories or accounts of kings, only gi(cid:448)es us accounting and economic information. Scratched into clay and have them today because the fires burned/baked clay tablets to make them long lasting (waas supposed to be short time)
