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Archaic Greece

Archaic Greece. Minoan civilization on Crete Palace economy (redistributive) Linear A writing Social structure unclear Mycenaean civilization on mainland Greece. The Lost Civilizations of Greece Minoan (ca. 2200–1400 B.C.) Palace of Knossos, matriarchy?

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Archaic Greece

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  1. Archaic Greece • Minoan civilization on Crete • Palace economy (redistributive) • Linear A writing • Social structure unclear • Mycenaean civilization on mainland Greece

  2. The Lost Civilizations of Greece • Minoan (ca. 2200–1400 B.C.) Palace of Knossos, matriarchy? • Mycenae (ca. 1600–1100 B.C.) Lightweight chariots • The Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1100–750 B.C.) • The Iron Age (ca. 900–800 B.C.) • Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey • Chiefs, raiders, slaves

  3. The Palace at Knossos

  4. Minoan Religion • Female deities: Potnia Theron (Mistress of the Animals) • Important symbols: snakes (underworld), bulls (power), the double headed axe (labris)

  5. Minoan Society • No good evidence for how society or government operated. • Male and female shared some sports and activities. • Not a warlike society • Linear A (Minoan)

  6. Fresco at Knossos

  7. The Lost Civilizations of Greece • Minoan (ca. 2200–1400 B.C.) Palace of Knossos, matriarchy? • Mycenae (ca. 1600–1100 B.C.) Lightweight chariots • The Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1100–750 B.C.) • The Iron Age (ca. 900–800 B.C.) • Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey • Chiefs, raiders, slaves

  8. Mycenaean Society (1600–1100 BC) • Palace economies prevalent • More warlike and aggressive • Linear B tablets: Greek language but not Greek letters • Widespread trading network • Destroyed in the invasions of the Sea Peoples c. 1200 to 1100 BC

  9. Mycenae Left: Lion’s Gate at Mycenae Right: Death Mask of Agamemnon? (found by Heinrich Schliemann)

  10. Hut of a chief during the Greek Dark Ages

  11. Archaic Greece (700-500 B.C.) • Reappearance of trade and written language (825-800 B.C.) • The Rise of the polis (plural: poleis) • Panhellenism and athletic competitions (Olympia, 776 B.C.) • Emigration and colonization • Aristocrats and sharecroppers

  12. Vase painting of the games at Olympia

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