bronze age greece- mycenean civ

Question 1

when was the minoan palace society at its height ?

Answer 1

1700 BCE

Question 2

when did the mycenaean civilization fully developped?

Answer 2

1400 BCE

Question 3

where is the mycenaean civilization centered?

Answer 3

mainland greece

Question 4

where does the mycenaean civilization influence?

Answer 4

minoan civilization, displaces them

Question 5

what is the mainland geography like?

Answer 5

mountainous
lots of coastal area
bays and harbours
small valleys
microclimates
insubstantial rivers

Question 6

what is mainland greece adapted to be a country of?

Answer 6

seperate communities, protected against neighbours by hills

Question 7

what part of the mediterrainean trio isn’t successful?

Answer 7

grain crops

Question 8

where do the people who become the mycenaeans come into the country from?

Answer 8

the north, moving southward

Question 9

where are the mycenaean people immigrants from?

Answer 9

indo-european in the southern ukraine area

Question 10

what happens when the indo-european immigrants interact with existing populations?

Answer 10

they displace or integrate them

Question 11

what do the immigrants adopt when they interact with communities?

Answer 11

agricultural techniques and tools, types of livestock and plantsm names and terms

Question 12

what is the ceramic style “minyan” ware?

Answer 12

burnished, glossy, monochrome

Question 13

why weren’t the mycenaeans advanced in technology?

Answer 13

they had no need for it

Question 14

when had the mycenaeans developped their own systems?

Answer 14

1600 BCE

Question 15

who is Heinrich Schliemann?

Answer 15

german businessman who excavated greece

Question 16

when was the citadel of mycenae inhabited?

Answer 16

5000 BCE

Question 17

what are the exceptions to the minoan building style in mainland?

Answer 17

smaller central courtyard, no light wells-dark inside, fortifications

Question 18

who was the palace for?

Answer 18

royal family, noblemen, workers and slaves

Question 19

where did everyone else live?

Answer 19

outside the palace walls

Question 20

where did the mycenaens move to around 1450 BCE?

Answer 20

minoan sites on crete, might have destroyed palaces

Question 21

what did death masks represent?

Answer 21

the dead person

Question 22

which grave circle is youngest?

Answer 22

A and is more impressive

Question 23

what type of graves are in grave circle A?

Answer 23

only shaft graves

Question 24

how are shaft graves different from cyst graves?

Answer 24

they are bigger

Question 25

what were the disadvantages of tholos tombs?

Answer 25

often all looted because everyone knew it was there

Question 26

what are traits of linear B?

Answer 26

logographic and syllabic
variable writing direction
inscribed on clay, ceramics
deciphered

Question 27

what type of language was linear B?

Answer 27

inflected-think french conjugation, only the end changes

Question 28

what did we learn about the mycenaeans from linear B?

Answer 28

that mycenaeans are definitly greek and from greece

Question 29

what was trade like for the myceneaens?

Answer 29

had the same trade routes and commodities as the minoans

Question 30

what did the mycanaeans export?

Answer 30

textiles, oil, wine, ceramics

Question 31

what did the mycenaeans import?

Answer 31

tin, copper, luxury materials

Question 32

who conducted trade?

Answer 32

mostly the palaces but some times private initiatives

Question 33

what is one of the mycanean helmets?

Answer 33

boar tusk helmet

Question 34

what is religion in mycenae like?

Answer 34

similar to minoan
no evidence of temples
centered on forced of nature
goddesses predominate

Question 35

what did the minoans influence?

Answer 35

artistic culture