Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture 4: CLS 2500 Unit 2.2
18 Feb 2017
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Cls 2500: unit 2. 2 bronze age greece. Called mycenaean"s because mycenae was the first city excavated. Pylos look at the central part of the city that"s preserved better than mycenae. Linear a script of the minoans we cannot read. Linear b script of mycenaean"s that we can read. Commodities lists of things that belonged/controlled by the palace. Know some info about gods/goddess that correlate with later on periods. Know that there was a king called wanax on tablets highest leader in political organization (king) Palace inside the walls of the city. Built on hills and very well defended. Graves can tell how people lived/died by the burial sites. Lion gate main monumental gate into the city. Suggest that only a mythical figure could have lifted these stones. Peer polity interaction how urban cities are actually interacting with one another there"s a wall for actual protection but also in order to show other cities your strength/power/wealth.
