GRST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Odysseus, Iliad, Archaic Smile

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 205
• Professor: Lindsay Gayle Driediger- Murphy

Document Summary

* minoan civilization came earlier from mycenaean civilization. * after the collapse of mycenaean civilization came the greek"s dark age. * minoan and mycenaean civilization were part of the bronze age. * less trade due to collapse of mycenaean civilization . * end of bronze age (copper and tin are rare in the ancient times; these are the materials necessary to make bronze) . * iron-working (iron age) by 950 bc most weapons and tools are made of iron. * the shift from bronze to iron age was important because people were able to get by with just iron (which was common then). They did not need the kind of hierarchy or politics because there was less need for the trade due to the use of iron. Greek revival (900-750 bc) subset of the greek dark age. * sub-mycenaean" pottery (lumpy, asymmetrical, crude decoration) date: collapse of mycenaean civilization (pre-1000 bc) .