Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 1: classics textbook notes midterm 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

The late bronze age in greece (1600-1200 bc) is commonly referred to as the mycenaean period because of king agamemnon leader of the greek siege of troy during this time. Claims to have found the mask of agamemnon. Sir arthur evans discovery in 1900 of cnossus on crete. He called this first aegean civilization minoan, after minos, the mythical king of cnossos, who lived according to homer 3 gens before the trojan war. Greece in early and middle bronze ages (3000-1600bc) Add 10% tin or arsenic to copper to produce bronze. High rank families would have greater access to scare metals and metal products distinguished them from the mass of the population. Aegean civilizations of crete and mainland greece owed their rise in the second millennium to their close contact with the palace kingdoms of the east. Around 3500bc the greeks named mesopotamia, the land between the rivers tigirs and.