CLA 2101 Midterm: STUDY GUIDE FOR THE MINOANS AND MYCENEANS
14 Sep 2016
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The palaces appear very suddenly at the turn of second millennium, it is probably influenced by near. East architecture but local building methods and customs affected the building. Most palaces found on crete was also on the eastern side. Minoan palace developed as centers of production and the control of local resources, and sites of luxurious living quarters. Differences: cretan palaces are not fortified and no walls. The palaces are built from inside out, and had a very confusing labyrinth system that serve as defence; they had lack of concern for symmetry and formal order. Eastern palaces had walls for defence and built from outside in. Linear a: one symbol stands for a syllable, it seems they were records of products, it"s for administered reasons. Linear b: one symbol stands for a syllable, deciphered in 1952 as an early form of greek used by. There are also logograms where one symbol stands for one word.
