Ancient Ancient World World The End of the Bronze Age M E E T I - PDF document

9/27/18 CIVILIZATIONS OF THE Ancient Ancient World World The End of the Bronze Age M E E T I N G 8 � The Minoans of Crete � The Mycenaean Greeks � Dawn of the Iron Age HITTITES 1

9/27/18 Chariot warfare 2

9/27/18 Global Diversity in the Bronze Age THE AEGEAN WORLD The Aegean in the Bronze Age 3

9/27/18 Cycladic civilization Minoan Crete 4

9/27/18 Bull-leaping 5

9/27/18 Peak sanctuaries 6

9/27/18 Linear A 7

9/27/18 Palace-cities Bronze Age economy 8

9/27/18 Mycenaean Greeks Mycenaean warfare 9

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9/27/18 Linear B Michael Ventris Names mentioned in this and similar Hittite treaties include Ahhiyawa (Achaeans) Drdny (Dardanians?) Wilusa (Ilios) Danaja (Danaans) 11

9/27/18 Troy Collapse of the Bronze Age “Period of Calamities” 12

9/27/18 IRON AGE Iron Iron Age Civilizations 13

9/27/18 Languages and writing systems Today Language Writing system English Latin alphabet Spanish, French, German, etc. Latin alphabet Russian Cyrillic alphabet Ukranian Cyrillic alphabet All descended from Phoenician Arabic Arabic alphabet alphabet Farsi Persian alphabet Hebrew Hebrew alphabet Yiddish Hebrew alphabet Languages and writing systems Ancient world Language Writing system Type Sumerian Cuneiform Pictographic Babylonian, Chaldean, etc. Cuneiform Hittite Cuneiform Egyptian Hieroglyphics Minoan Linear A Syllabic Mycenaean Greek Linear A à Linear B Phoenicians Phoenician alphabet Phonetic Greeks Phoenician à Greek alphabet Etruscans Phoenician à Etruscan alphabet Romans Phoenician à Latin alphabet 14