ARTH Midterm: Early Middle Bronze Age

Early Bronze Age (Numbers)

3000-2300 BCE

Middle Bronze Age (Numbers)

2300-1800 BCE

The House of Tile is at…

Lerna

What was the legendary palace of king Minos and the minotaur…

Knossos

Who excavated Knossos…

Sir Author Evens

A prehistoric period that followed the Neolithic and preceded the Iron Age, when certain weapons and tools came to be made of bronze rather than stone.

Bronze Age

Fired clay is …

Terracotta

The study of or application of paint on statues is…

Polycromy

The earlier two related forms of writing discovered at Knossos, still largely unintelligible.

Linear A

The study of the subject matter of sculpture, painting, and the other visual arts.

Iconography

A large clay storage vessel is a…

Pithos

A tall, normally two-handled vessel used for storage or, when decorated, as a container (of wine, for example), or as a prize in the games is a…

Amphora

The House of Tiles is one of the ___ structures of the Early Bronze Age

Largest

Is the House of Tiles walled

yes

Knossos being a multi-story, massive complex implies an ___ ___

organized government

Knossos’s ___ __ imply Knossos could have either been taxing or providing for the surrounding areas

Storage areas

Knossos has a ___ ___ that implies organized gatherings

Central Court

____ leads to social stratification, specialization of occupation, and trade

Bronze

Areas of Bronze Age flourishing

Hellas, Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia