Mycenae and Bronze Age Greece

Mycenae and Bronze Age GreeceGRK 102, CH19 CivHomer Iliad 2.569, 576-7 [ . . . ] 21-Apr Oral Quiz: Princ Parts (, trans/intrans mid) (trans) (trans. 1st aor.) (intrans. athem. 2nd aor.) (irreg. act. intrans perf) (intrans, rare) compounds+ = ?+ = ?+ = ?etc.

Time Line: Prehistoric GreecePeriodEvents3000-2100 Early Bronze AgeVillage organization2100-1600 Middle Bronze Age2100-1900 Arrival of proto-Greeks from Northwest? Anatolia?1600-1150 Late Bronze Age1600 Palace cultures emerge (Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Thebes, etc.)1500-1450 Mycenaeans occupy Crete1250-1225 Trojan War (??)1200-1100 Palace systems collapsebased on Ancient Greece, 1999, Oxford6

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Lion Gate, Mycenae10

Megaron (great hall), Pylos11Women (fresco), Pylos, 1200s BCE

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Armor from Dendra (Argolid). Boars tusk helmet. Late 1400s BCE13

Praying psi goddess figurine. Mycenae.14

Tholos tomb, Mycenae.15

Tholos tomb entrance (reconstructed), Mycenae.16

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Mask of Agamemnon, Mycenae, 1500s BCE18palacewanax (king)demos (village)basileus (chieftain)demos (village)basileus (chieftain)demos (village)basileus (chieftain)Palace Society: Redistributive EconomyProduce to palace, where stored; then redistributed back to villages.19

Linear-B clay tablet. Prehistoric Greek writing.20

Note use of for . (kwe) = (and). - = fem. gen. plur. = (not prays but claims). = possession-holding (as if possession + to have). : later = useful, so that on which use is paid.A Linear-B Inscription21Fall of Palace Societiesinvasion by Dorians??Sea Peoples (Mediterranean marauders)?systems collapse (economic/political)?combination?22