Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture 2: Historical Context and Background (Sept 18 and 20th, 2017)
20 Sep 2017
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284-746 ce: the franchthi cave in the. Peloponnesus was inhabited continuously from about 20,000 to 3000 bce: the first evidence of agriculture and the domestication of animals at the cave dates to about 6000. Bce: minoan civilization was remarkably advanced, but we know little about it, the language of crete during the. Early and middle bronze ages was not greek, and their gods were not. Greek either: around 2000 bce, there is evidence of widespread destruction in mainland greece followed by the emergence of a new culture, archaeologists theorize an incursion of indo-european peoples, during the middle bronze age (2000- 1600 bce), the dominant minoan civilization on crete greatly influenced the emerging mycenaean civilization (named after mycenae) of the mainland. It was during this time that greek mythology as we know it developed. Mycenaean greek written in linear b: art and architecture also changed dramatically in the 15th century bce as.
