CLAS104 Lecture 1: 1 Historical Background

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

Document Summary

Historical background: bronze age greece (2000-1100 bc) 2000 - 1450: minoan civilization non-greek advanced civilization, arose on island of crete (south of mainland of greece), highly developed infrastructure and art (much more advanced than greeks thus influencing them heavily. 1600 - 1100: mycenaean civilization is greek, heavily influenced by minoan, palace structure, advanced artistic expression o. Mycenaean greeks launched a military attack on troy wanted to control trade route straight from black sea to aegean sea o. Dark age (1100-800 bc): mycenaean advanced civilization palace states collapsed. 1050: iron age begins in greece through this time myths transmitted orally people poor, population decreased, no more writing, but stories passed on (economically poor, no more palace states etc. ) 800 bc: greek alphabet: greeks had linear b in mycenaean times but then adapted the first true alphabet where each symbol represented a single sound. 700 bc: homer and hesiod: homer wrote down these myths in poem form the fall of troy and.