C C 301 Midterm: Midterm 1 Review
18 Oct 2016
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Domesticated animals and got cereals from the east. Assume most greek epics refer to bronze age. Early bronze age (3000 - 2000 bc) Bronze is introduced by people coming into greece. Burial customs went from graves to tombs that held multiple people. Crete is in contact with more advanced civilizations. Architecture, burial customs, pottery, language all change. On the island of crete (knossos was biggest palace) Large palaces but unfortified; records kept on tablets in linear a. Size and complexity of palaces labyrinth myth. Were not greek but influenced mainland greeks. Minoan civilization was clearly powerful, rich, and pure. End caused by a volcano that caused tsunamis. Allowed for a new rise of power in mainland greece (mycenaeans) Late bronze age (1600 - 1100 bc) Shifted back to multiple burials; commoners were buried in simple tombs while royal graves were more elaborate. Central courtyard open to the sky, a throne room (megaron), living spaces, tablets in linear b.
