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1. The Aegean culture is ____ dominated rather than river-dominated as in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
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the Aegean culture is sea-dominated rather than river-dominated as in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
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2. Finish the sentence-
a) The Cycladic culture gets its name from _____________ which were inhabited by the ______ era sea-farers, traders, farmers and craftsmen. b) The Minoan culture flourished during the _________. c) The Helladic or Mycenaean culture belongs to ___________. Was markedly more ______ than their Minoan counterparts. |
a. cycladic islands, neolithic
b. bronze age c. mainland greece. militaristic |
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3. What medium was readily available on the Cyclades?
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marble
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4. How did the Old Palace and New Palace periods end?
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old- earthquake
new- mycenaean invasion |
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5. The "Minoan" culture was named after who?
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after the legendary King Minos
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6. What distinctive quality do Minoan columns posess?
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swell wider at the top and taper towards the bottom
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7. Define and describe fresco buon.
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true fresco. technique the pigment is painted into freshly prepared wet plaster which chemically fuses with the pigment upon drying.
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8. In the Aegean, color conventionally indicates what?
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color conventionally indicates gender
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9. What did Heinrich Schliemann set out to discover? Who wrote the Iliad ?
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archaelogical remains ofTroy, Mycenae and Tiryns. Homer
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10. The Mycenaean people built what on mainland Greece?
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built heavily fortified citadel-palaces on mainland Greece
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11. Define "Cyclopean masonry".
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defensive walls some 20 feet thick
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12. What is a megaron?
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the king’s throne room
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13. The city of Mycenae was home to Agamemnon; what decorated the space about the outer gateways?
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Relief sculptures of lions
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14. In a corbeled arch, a triangular space that was filled in with high relief carving is called what?
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relieving triangle.
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15. Describe the characteristics of a tholos tomb.
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a beehive-shape and it was covered with mounds of earth
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16. Define repousse.
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: the metal is hammered or beaten out from the reverse side to achieve the relief
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17. What possibly caused the Mycenaean culture to fall so abruptly?
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possibly from internal unrest
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