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Lecture notes on Minoan and Mycenaean civilisation - before 'Ancient Greece'
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These notes provide a comprehensive overview of the Mycenaeans and Minoans, two ancient civilisations that thrived in the Aegean region. Here's a summary of the key points covered: 1. Context: The rediscovery of the ancient world in post-Renaissance Europe led to early excavations and scholarly ...

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  • April 2, 2024
  • 4
  • 2023/2024
  • Class notes
  • Connor trainor
  • Week 1 term 1

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  • mycenaeans
  • minoan
  • classics
  • ancient history
  • classics
  • ancient greece
  • early ancient greece

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  • Introduction To Greek And Roman History
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Mycenaeans and Minoans
Context
 Homer is the earliest known piece of writing
 Rediscovery of the ancient world occurs in post renaissance europe
 early excavations at Pompeii (1600+)
 Johann Jochim Winckelmann (Art history/ Archaeology (mid 18th century)
 Stuart and Revett (mid 18th century architects
 “A Grand tour” - 16th century to 18th century
 “Collectors” and Collections

Main Body

 Heinrich Schliemann - Mycenaeans
 Arthur Evans - Minoans

The Minoans 3,000 BC-1,450 BC
 Knossos
 the discoveries were made due to Evans’ interests in myths
 King Minos and his thalassocracy
 The Minotaur
 Theseus
 Icarus & Daedalus

Arthur Evans

 1851-1941
 journalist/ethnographer/curator/archaeologist from a wealth family
 Balkans correspondent for the Manchester guardian
 While travelling on Crete, he came across ‘milk stones’ and sought their origin
 Knossos, the source of these, Minos Kalokairinos was the original excavator
 Evans began to excavate the Minoan palace at Knossos in 1900
 Discovered the Minoan Civilization
 Defined Cretan hieroglyphs
 the remains were completely unlike the well-known ones of classical Greece
 using Egyptian material found there, he was able to date the site.




Minoan Palaces: Architecture

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