ns Assessment Task 4 Ancient Societies - The bronze age – Minoans Crete Hosing/ the role of towns/ furniture/Gournia and Zakro Research Presentation While sailing about‚ the Greeks stumbled across a tribe of people living on the island of Crete. These people‚ the Minoans‚ were a very advanced civilization for the times. They had a strong navy‚ which is probably why the Greeks never succeeded in colonizing the Minoan people. Housing and furniture Houses were rectangular in shape
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Chapter 3- Sections 1-4 I. The Indo – Europeans A. Indo-Europeans Migrate 1. The Indo-Europeans were a group of nomadic people who came from the steppes – dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus 2. They herded sheep‚ cattle and goats and tamed horses 3. The modern languages of Europe‚ Southwest Asia‚ South Asia; English Spanish‚ Persian and Hindi all trace their origins back to different forms of the original Indo-European language 4. The Indo-Europeans began to migrate outward
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CP Western Civilization Chapter 4 Sections 1-3 Minoan Civilization: lived on Crete; after king Minos; earliest civilization; based on trade not conquest; used art to reflect them; used others cultures and customs Polis: a city-state; political Oligarchy: rule by some people Acropolis: high city; city built high up on a cliff for defense purposes City-State: independent; own government; isolated; doesn’t answer to anyone Crete: island off the coast of Greece that was the cradle of an early
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probably died when the earthquake hit. It is impossible to tell if the person is male or female‚ as their entire pelvic area has been completely obliterated by the falling stones in the roof. A jar was found in their hands‚ along with woven cloth‚ vases‚ pithoi and cooking pots scattered all around. As this room held pots
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Pompeii and Herculaneum Public baths: * The people that had time for leisure‚ a visit to the baths were a regular social event. It was a place where people meet their friends‚ political allies and business associates. * It was in Campania that hot baths (thermae) were first developed. Pompeii had public baths as early as the 4th century BC‚ were as Rome did not have anything similar until the time of Augustus. * The Stabian baths at Pompeii are the earliest. Pompeii came to have many
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of multiple choice questions: 1. _____ This term identifies a sculptural technique in which figures are carved out of a block of stone‚ part of which is left to form a background. a. capital b. relief c. flute d. volute 2. _____ Which Greek vase painting style includes the meaner or maze pattern? a. archaic b. undulating c. classical d. geometric Identifications Identifications (brief essays) will be taken from the list offered below. You will be asked to write on two topics from this
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The archaeological evidence for the evolution of Greek religious practice from the Submycenaean Period to the early Archaic Period. Think about the kinds of offerings made (animal sacrifices‚ votives‚ etc.)‚ the basic elements of a sanctuary (temenos and alter)‚ and any buildings in it. Obviously the development of early temples would be part of the answer. Submycenaean Period: 1200-1050 BC Religion was essential in the palace system Mycenaean deities embodied economical authority Redistribution
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History of Greece Stone and Bronze Age Excavations show that the first settlement dates from the Paleolithic era (11‚000-3‚000 BC). During the second millennium BC‚ Greece gave birth to the great civilization of the Minoans (2600-1500 BC)‚ the Mycenaean (1500-1150 BC) and the Cycladic civilization. The Stone Age According to archaeologists‚ the earliest settlements in Greece date from the Palaeolithic era‚ between 11‚000-3‚000 BC‚ when a population coming from the east (and‚ as some believe
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Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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01.15.2014 B.C.E. = C.E. B.C = A.D. Form - the visual aspects of art and architecture‚ line‚ shape‚ color‚ light‚ texture‚ space‚ math‚ volume‚ and composition. Style – the combination of form and composition that makes a work distinctive. Content – includes subject matter or meaning and a work of art. School of artists – a group of artist usually working at the same time and sharing similar style influences and ideas Iconography – identify and studying and subject matter and conventional
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