Trade in Bronze Age
What were the major drivers of trade according to Dr. Hitchcock?
Copper & Tin
Around what year did the Late Bronze Age Collapse occur?
1200 BC
What is the title of the person who they refer to as the leader of the people
Lawagetas
What kind of burial was popular for adults? For children?
Cremation for Adults, Burial for children
What small animals were most commonly consumed in ancient Greece, particularly reflected in animal bone studies?
sheep and goats
What record of economic collapse was noted in the Pylos tablets?
Metalsmiths were unable to receive their rations of bronze
Which empire vanished after being attacked by the Sea Peoples and internal struggles?
The Hittite Empire
What was the job the that the Lawagetas held?
“minister of immigration”
Where did Geometric Pottery originate?
Athens, Greece.
This type of small bone is commonly separated from dirt during excavation using flotation techniques
fish bones
What happened when the Mycenaean Palaces were destroyed?
Sea lanes became unsafe, leading to farm village moving from the coast to the hills, instability in trade, and shortage of commodities
What external group formed a coalition to attack the Hittite Kingdom, ultimately contributing to the Hittite Empire's downfall?
Petty kingdoms of Western Asia Minor
What is the name of the opportunistic people who might have encouraged the disenfranchised to revolt?
The Sea People
Geometric Pottery was used for both Grave Gifts and _______
Grave markers.
The shift from sheep and goats to this large animal indicated a shift from a predominantly agricultural society to a pastoral one during the Early Iron Age
cattle
What island was a critical point of contact between the east and west Aegean during the Iron Age?
Euboia Island
Which famous war occurred as a result of coalitions formed by the Mycenaean kings to combat the Luthien dominance?
The Trojan War
What geophysical occurrence could have left people in a state of distress and unknowingness?
An earthquake
When did we see a spike (increase) of Geometric Pottery?
End of the Dark Age
In response to arid conditions in eastern Greece during the early Iron Age, ancient societies shifted from raising sheep to this animal.
Goats
To our knowledge, how far did international trade go in the Bronze Age?
As far as Iberia.
Cypriots -> Sardinia -> Iberia
What significant internal political issue occurred in the Mycenaean Greece after the Trojan War, leading to the end of the Mycenaean era?
Deputies, who refused to return power to the king, leading to civil war and the collapse of the Mycenaean kingdoms
Who might have been some of the people controlled by the Lawagetas?
Slaves, migrants, and foreigners
What sort of images were common on burial Amphoras/Kraters?
Funeral procession, mourners, cookie-cutter shaped animals, religious scenes, geometric shapes and lines.
This animal, which was commonly used to pull plows, became more accessible to ordinary people after the collapse of palatial control.