Mycenaean - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Abydos - One of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt. According to Egyptian Mythology-the holy city where Osiris was buried, in addition to many other pharaohs Akhenaton - Egyptian pharaoh of the New Kingdom; attempted to establish a one-god religion, replacing the traditional Egyptian pantheon of gods. BCE Amorites - A group of semitic people who overwhelmed the Mesopotamians and founded the Babylonian Empire, 2000 BCE Catal Huyuk - One of first true cities in history, created in the N...

read the sentence . relating to the New Stone Age from around 9000 BC to 3000 BC is best defined as _[blank]_ . which term best completes the sentence ? - neolithic match each term to its correct definition . - hominid = human-like primatepre historic = occurring before recorded history settlement = location where groups ceased roaming and built permanent dwellings which best defines dendrochronology ? - the science of dating a tree through the measurement and study of its growth ring...

Late Bronze Age correct answers aka Mycenaean Period BC all info from this period comes from palaces sources: linear B tablets, all writing is administrative info from palaces, including gods and goddesses Dark Age correct answers aka Geometric Period 1150-800 BC started with total collapse of society no known sources, no known writing marked by return on smaller, simpler village society Archaic Period correct answers 800-480 BC WRITING!! (changed greek forever) marked by the rise ...

Across what body of water did Xerxes make a bridge of boats to move his army? - ️️the Hellespont At what battle did an unorthodox charge by the Greeks help them to win a decisive victory? - ️️Battle of Marathon Corinthian style - ️️Richly carved and ornately designed capitals Doric style - ️️Solid, Strong Masculine-looking style From what two epic poems do we get a glimpse of Greek life during the period from 1150 to 750 BC? - ️️the Iliad and the Odyssey Identify the thr...

CLAS 220- Exam 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ What is a myth? - words/stories with a historical basis typically concerned with gods/supernatural somewhat intertwined with religion What are the 3 ways to understand mythology? - 1) etiological 2) rationalism 3) metaphorical/allegorical What is etiological? - explanatory What is rationalism? - where mythic gods reflect real rulers What is metaphorical/allegorical? - a representation of deep truths this is psychologi...

Select the trait of Mycenaean architecture that is represented in this image. • Cyclopean construction • Corbeled vault Beehive tombs • Votive figures

Landscape ArchitectureWhat are the meanings of caves? - correct answer Underworld, Womb, Shelter, Rituals What are the functions of paintings in the old world caves? - correct answer teaching hunting, fertility What is an archetype? - correct answer collective unconscious repeated in different places What does "place-making" have to do with centering of human society? - correct answer harmony with the universe. placing with larger environment What three elements of design seek to c...

Ur - an early Sumerian city in ancient Mesopotamia Phoenicians - Located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform King Scorpion - Predynastic Egyptian ruler Uruk - City representing Mesopotamian culture- existed from 4000 to 2900 BCE Weni - Court official of 6th dynasty ancient Egypt. In tomb, Autobiography of Weni was discovered. Tell el-Amarna - Site of ruins/tombs of Akhetaton. Upper Egypt Enkidu - In the epic of Gilgam...

Two important Bronze Age Greek civilizations were? - Minoan, Mycenaean In Bronze Age Greece there were no civilizations with large societies, no written records, or any forms of technology, and there was very limited trading. - False The sea was more important in Greek culture than it was in Egypt. - True The name Peloponnesus came from? - King Pelops The Mycenaean civilization was located on? - Mainland Greece The Minoan civilization was located where? - Island of Crete Who was the Briti...

Late Bronze age (Mycenaean Age)() : Mycenae takes over Crete, destroyed Knossos, and becomes central power in 1450. Early Dark Age(1250-900): : -Mycenae was destroyed, which resulted in cultural and literary decline. -Then mainland Greeks resettle in Ionia, Dorians take over. -1250 marks Trojan war. Late Dark Age (900-750): : -Population growth and new trade. -800-Greek alphabet, 776-First Olympic Games 700- Greeks settle in Magna Graecia, S. Italy (Siciliy) Archaic (750-480) 2 : ...