HIST 1001 Chapter : Hist 1001 Chapters 3 And 4
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Minoan clay tablets: two versions called linear a and linear b: linear a: appears to be older, only on crete, 2000-1370 bce, only used by. Minoans: linear b: later, found everywhere, ends with turmoil (1450-1100 bce), carl. Archaic greece: dark ages, 1000-750 bc, no trade in wine and olive oil, no writing, cities going back to agricultural settlements, phoenician: alphabet, greeks borrowed this, the oracle at delphi: oracle of apollo. Minoan outpost: greek colonization: all outposts on the water, characteristics. Lots of islands, a lot of cities pop up on coast, transportation by boat is important. Arid climate, high mountains and north gets snow. Greeks and is large part of their culture: wealth brings about time to do things out of leisure: write poetry, geometry, mathematics, different kinds of sources are found in this society. Greek warships: siren vase (480 bce: picture of odysseus hearing siren"s songs. Delphi: halfway up the mountains, not on coast: poets and pre-socrates.
