Early+Development+of+Greek+Society

Class Notes Class Notes for section 03: Class Notes for Section 02: They traded many things: ideas, culture, languages, and property Large impact on Greece Maybe not many enemies, or just did not need protection Bulls were symbols of strength, power, and vitality Art was better for trade Class Notes Section 01
 * The Minoans lived on the island of crete on the southern edge of the Aegean Sea
 * The Minoans dominated trade from 2000 to 1400 B.C.
 * They traded swords pottery, figurines, and vessels to carry goods
 * The Minoans are the Predecessors of the Greeks
 * The Greeks told this story; not the Minoans
 * King Minos kept a minotaur imprisoned in a Labyrinth. The minotaur needed to feed on young people. King Minos sacrificed 7 young men and women to the minotaur. Theseus falls in love with Adoradne, the daughter of King Minos, and sacrifices himself to be sent to the Minotaur. He plans to slay the minotaur to win her heart. It works, but he didn't change his flags on the way home, so his father throws himself into the sea.
 * The story shows heritage, religion, they have kings, they are religious. Ocean travel was important because different countries could then interact
 * Crete's cities have no walls
 * They interact with the other countries, they feel safe, they have few enemies, they are trusting.
 * Cities are full of art. They are sharing culture with their trading partners.
 * This trade heavily impacts the Greek culture. The Minoans and Phoenicians shaped Greece.
 * Art was very important because it tells us about their culture and history, because they didn't write anything down.
 * Their art is full of symbols and carvings, like the bull's head
 * They use animals in their art.
 * Most of their art has some function to it, unlike a painting
 * They depicted women in higher ranks than other countries of the day
 * Bull leaping - bulls symbolize a deep link between the minoans and nature
 * The Minoans fell as a result of natural disaters - several eathquakes caused volcanic eruptions and tsunamis
 * Phoenicians also heavily impact Greece
 * Resided in present Lebanon
 * They made really good ships
 * They made many feats in seafaring, even crossed horn of Africa
 * Recorded by Herodotus
 * Connected to the Mediterranean
 * They knew how to use the winds to go places
 * They wanted to trade - they traded cedar, pottery, purple cloth, wine, weapons, and slaves
 * Ships were well decorated and had wide round boats to hold more cargo
 * they spread their ideas and culture - made colonies in some places they traveled
 * Their art is more ornamental
 * The Phoenicians needed a way of recoding transactions - characters that represented sounds
 * this was easier to learn than characters that represent words or ideas
 * They lived on the island of Crete and dominated at trading
 * The main cities did not have any fortification for protection
 * Functional Art
 * Both cultures impacted on Greece
 * Ships were wider
 * They died their clothes purple from rotting snail corpses
 * The empire was to be taken over by the Persia
 * Minoans, Phoenicians, and Mycenaeans are all seafaring peoples and all influenced the development of Greece
 * Minoans lived on Crete in the Mediterranean
 * Trade in the general area, have a good navy, natural defenses, wealthy
 * Culture is advanced, artistic, amazing technology e.g. plumbing, used steam vents
 * Men and women considered more equal, warrior culture not as important
 * Earth goddess main deity
 * Lasted 2000-1400 in 1470 huge waves devastated nation, couldn't fully recover
 * Phoenicians lived on eastern coast of modern day Lebanon arose in 1100
 * Despite being part of mainland was seafaring, made trade outposts every 30 miles
 * Maybe circumnavigated globe, incredibly powerful, sailed to China, possibly connected to Latin America, and created the Alphabet
 * Mycenaeans live on Greek peninsula, very mountainous with lots of streams and a small areas super fertile ground in mountain valleys
 * Warrior Kings and their city-states dominant in the political structure
 * Rivalries, competition, conflict
 * Trojan War good example, it happened in approximately 1200
 * Destructive and costly war, resulting weakness leads to . ..
 * Dark Ages, 1150, Dorians took advantage of the weakness/disunity to come in and conquer, nomadic warriors, during this time no art/culture

