MMW 11 Chapter 5: Chapter 5_ The Greek Experience

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Matthew Herbst

Document Summary

King and a group of nobles ruled minoan society. Society thought to be pretty peaceful, but more and more palaces with walls are. Women may have had equal or close to equal standing with men. Women shown leading religious ceremonies and watching entertainment. Life disrupted in 1700 bc by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Established cities in athens, thebes, and mycenae. King and warrior aristocracy at the top. Had some of the first metal armor in the world. Mycenaeans and minoans had good relations at first. Started trading tin and copper in the mediterranean ~2000 bc. Begin using writing called linear a (undeciphered) Left a lot of art and archaeological evidence. Thought to be because of an earthquake that left the island vulnerable. Kingdoms in and beyond greece fought in a series of wars that destroyed. In line with the collapse of many other bronze age empires. Caused greek people to move along the aegean.