Social Classes In Mycenaean Civilization

Some ways that the Mycenaean and Minions where similar is that that they both use a linear language. The difference from that is that the Minions used Linear A and Mycenaeans used Linear B. The difference was that Linear B is comprehensible the Mycenaeans basically borrowed Minions language and built upon that to make there own. Also another similarity is that both cultures built palaces the difference is that the Mycenaeans had a wall to protect them from invaders and Minions did not. The minoans were surrounded around the sea.

Pottery can not only tell us about the past, but it can also tell us about people’s beliefs and what people did in the past. Pottery was used for many purposes. It was made in many different shapes and sizes. Some pieces of pottery had unique pictures and designs on them. The pictures and designs expressed different types of things that went on in the daily lives of ancient Greeks. Music and entertainment, religious beliefs, death and burial traditions are a few aspects of Greek life that are pictured on many different types of ancient Greek pottery.

Manufacturing was also a very important part of the Tang Dynasty. Manufacturing was done in both state owned and privately owned workshops. Mostly located in larger cities, crafts such as brocade weaving, papermaking, iron smelting, casting, pottery were done. The textile industry prospered. The silk products from Songzhou and Bozhou were most famous for their high quality. Marked improvements were introduced in the manufacture of pottery and porcelain. The porcelain from the Xingzhou kiln was particularly noted for its quality and described as 'white as silver and snow'.

My Research assignment talked about the Mesopotamian social classes and how it had affected the education back there.

Pottery was utilised for a variety of purposes such as storage, food preparation, ritual activity, transportation and more. Stone artefacts were another source of evidence with objects such as pestles and mortars, vases, hammers and tools. The stone artefacts that were produced locally were made from imported fine stones such as alabaster, limestone and marble. Architecture was another prominent feature that showed what Theran culture was like. There were three types of buildings including the mansions, freestanding buildings and joined houses, each belonging to the according wealth of an individual. Additionally, wall paintings of the frescoes from Akrotiri provide some of the most famous images such as the Boxers, Fisherman, Ladies, Lilies, Monkey, Papyrus and Spring frescoes. In many cases all four walls were decorated to create a panoramic scene with naturalistic representations.

The Mycenaen civilization was developed by the first Greek culture suddenly around 1600 B.C.E. The only records kept of this civilization were of trade and economy, as we know little about the political system and their society.

In the time of ancient Greeks many people believed in certain Gods and Goddesses and their mythological stories. Among the many gods and goddesses there was Athena, Goddess of wisdom, crafts, and war. Also there was Apollo, God of the sun, music, healing, prophecy, and poetry. Apollo’s twin sister Artemis Goddess of hunting and archery. Then there’s Poseidon, God of the ocean and brother to the most powerful God of them all, the God of all Gods, Zeus. However, there was only one specific God that mortals and even Gods feared, the brother of Poseidon and Zeus. He was the ruler of the underworld and the dead; he went by the name of Hades.

useful for mass production. The iron and textile industries played central roles in the Industrial

They typically grew crops and cattle and there were also many skilful craft workers who would make wooden carvings and long ships

Social hierarchy and class distinction has been indispensable in the maintenance and prosperity of ancient human civilizations. Despite the demise of feudalistic regimes, group categorizations based on socioeconomic status and ethnic background are omnipresent. The existence of a schema according to Brubaker et al (2004) was to facilitate the perception and interpretation of the world (Brubaker, Loveman and

As an island civilization, the peace-loving Minoans focused almost solely on trade. However, the Mycenaeans were were concerned with warfare and advanced their civilizations through conquest, as well as trade. This is evident in their architectures, as the high walls and narrow passages of Mycenaean architecture appear to be more defensive than aesthetic nature. Furthermore, their home city state was constructed upon a large mountain, aiding the defensive nature of the civilization. Also, their art often depicts forms of warfare, The Warrior Vase and the lion hunt dagger for instance. On the other hand, the Minoans had very open architecture, especially the Palace at Knossos. Moreover, most of the Minoan art depicts different animals and creatures of the sea, as well as people acting to further life, rather than take

In ancient greece the people mostly believed in olympian greek Gods and Goddesses. The Gods who were most important were Zeus king of the gods, poseidon king of the ocean , Hades god of the underworld. They are important because they defeated their evil father kronos who ate his children. Other important gods are apollo, artemis ,aphrodite ,ares, aphrodite, dionysus, hephaestus, athena, hermes, demeter, and hera. They represented each god like hera is the god of

In comparing and contrasting the societies of Periclean Athens and ancient Egypt, we must first mention some of the characteristics of an actual society: a society has a stable food supply, social levels and classes, specialization of labor, a system of government, and a highly developed culture. Both the societies of ancient Athens and Egypt fit into these parameters. In this essay we will explore social classes, gender relations, social inequality, and hierarchy as they apply to these societies.

Greece’s economy was primarily based on the trade of grapes, cereals, and olive oil. However, because of natural constraints, production soon proved insufficient to satisfy demand. The olive tree and grapevine were the main sources for economic growth, as well as the cultivation of herbs and vegetables. Sheep and goats were the most common types of livestock. Woods were heavily exploited, first for domestic use and eventually to build triremes. Bees were kept to produce honey, the only source of sugar known to the ancient Greeks. Since it was so labor intensive, agriculture employed up to 80% of the Greek population.[5] Ancient Rome was a slave-based economy whose main concern was feeding the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the Mediterranean region. Agriculture and trade dominated the Roman economy, only supplemented by small scale industrial production.5 This was a similarity between Greece and Rome because Greece had to adapt to the demands of their own economy, and trade, while Rome had to do the same, but to a greater extent because their main concern was to feed the people of their empire.

Since the rediscovery of the site of Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans in 1900, the cause of the fall of the Minoan Civilization has been largely debated throughout the years. Scientists and archaeologists have proposed various hypotheses to the mystery, mainly regarding to environmental factors such as the eruption of Thera Volcano and subsequent tsunamis, earthquakes and climate change; or social and political factors like societal conflicts and invasion of the Mycenaeans. This paper examines the relationship between the demise of the Minoan Civilization and the natural disasters it encountered which severely weakened and eventually led to the downfall of the civilization, and opened the way for Mycenaean domination of Aegean (Middleton, G.D., 2012).