MMW 11 Chapter What Really Happened: Lecture 25 Reading Assignment - The Iliad
20 Nov 2016
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Aga(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:374)o(cid:374)"s (cid:272)ity, my(cid:272)e(cid:374)ae, a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ost of its allies (cid:272)ollapsed ~(cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) bc collapse shook all. Eastern mediterranean (cid:272)ould ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) a (cid:373)ajo(cid:396) fa(cid:272)to(cid:396) i(cid:374) t(cid:396)oy"s (cid:272)ollapse as (cid:449)ell: probable causes include: Change in weather patterns weaken agricultural systems weaken trading system. Intro of iron changes balance of military power modify trading patterns. Sea peoples (refugees/ raiders from collapsing states, or pirates) caused collapse, or were symptoms of it. Dorian invaders from the north cause the chain reaction causes collapse. Excavations at hissarlik, site of troy, began in 1988 clarify multiple levels of site: possible to distinguish 9 occupational layers, and show site had been occupied over and over again between ~3000 bc to 400 ad. Trojan war later is troy viia: remodeled gate from troy viia suggests that it was enlarged to admit trojan horse, but then later blocked up. T(cid:396)oy vi, p(cid:396)ia(cid:373)"s (cid:272)ity, (cid:449)as dest(cid:396)oyed (cid:271)y a(cid:374) ea(cid:396)th(cid:395)uake + g(cid:396)eeks troy viia built on its remains.
