Classics 103 Midterm

Catalhoyuk

Neolithic settlement located in modern day central Turkey (7500-5700 BCE)

Gobekli Tepe

World’s oldest known temple built by prehistoric hunters & gatherers (Epipaleolithic Period)

Jericho (neolithic village)

Biblical city known for agriculture and permanent dwellings (famous for massive stone walls)

Uruk

First “true” city famous for being the birthplace of writing (Sumerians)

Sumer

First known civilization in Fertile crescent (built ziggurats)

Knossos (Crete) Minoan palace

The largest and most important palace on Crete. Known for the myth of Theseus

Mycenae

A powerful Late Bronze Age citadel in mainland Greece. 

Etruscan

Ancient civilization located in Italy

Phoenician

Seafaring people known for their maritime trade, shipbuilding, and the spread 

of the Phoenician alphabet

Gournia

The only fully excavated Minoan town, showing a structured urban layout

Lion Gate

The famous entrance to the citadel, featuring monumental sculpture

Tholos Tombs

Royal burial structures

Dorian Invasion and Eastward Expansion

Two main migration waves in the early Iron Age