CLASS254 Lecture 7: September 27

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASS254
• Professor: Margariet Haagsma

Document Summary

Class 254 septe(cid:373)(cid:271)er (cid:1006)(cid:1011), (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1010) : collapse late bro(cid:374)ze age (cid:894)m(cid:455)(cid:272)e(cid:374)aea(cid:374)(cid:895) ci(cid:448), the (cid:858)dark ages(cid:859)/(cid:859)earl(cid:455) iro(cid:374) Could this in reality have happened: protagonists: agamemnon (ruler of mycenae), menelaus (ruler of sparta) Better look at archaeological and historical contexts in eastern mediterranean: egypt, hittite, Factors in downfall: the sea peoples (mentioned in inscriptions of the time of pharaoh merneptah 1213- 1203 bce) but these may have been partially the myceneans themselves. Tin could not reach the aegean, and bronze could not be made: earthquakes. Influx of new population (dorians: climate change, economic factors. When people are being sent to war, who keeps checks on the social structure/hierarchy, which is largely on the backs of slaves: changes in the nature of warfare (javelin vs chariots) M(cid:455)(cid:272)e(cid:374)aea(cid:374)(cid:859)s usi(cid:374)g ja(cid:448)eli(cid:374)s o(cid:374) foot, i(cid:374)stead of (cid:272)hariots: downfall of other civilizations: the hittites, babylon, cannot therefore take the trojan war as a shot-for-shot story.