CLASS280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Minoan Civilization, Eannatum, Mummy
4 Aug 2015
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Agriculture (stay in one place since food is available, therefore population increases) Evidence for crops as early as 11,500 bc. Cow 9,000 bc (plow invented ca 4,000 bc) Biblos, 7000 bc (main trading city, importing papyrus) Uruk, 5000 bc (established sumerian ; walled cities, defense purpose, public houses) Bronze (easy to make) (copper + tin = bronze) The soldiers of eanatum (2455 2425 bc) wear metal helmets and are arranged in columns. By the time of sargon of agade (akkad) (2296 2240) bronze had become the weapon of conquerors (keegan 1993: 134). Write in wet clay, then bake the clay. Dna research shows that the minoans were likely indo-europeans who migrated from anatolia. Ash from the volcano reached all the way to egypt. (re)constructed an image of an idyllic, sophisticated and benevolent culture of artisans and traders. Imagined a feminist society of peaceful nature worshippers. We impose our imagination and perspectives on how we think it would have been like.
