This module explores the emergence of Bronze Age Aegean States.
Topics covered include the introduction of the Neolithic way of life to the Aegean region from 7000 BC; the development of small-scale hierarchical societies throughout the Aegean in the third millennium BC; the emergence of the first state level societies on Crete ca. 2000 BC; the elaboration of Minoan palatial society through the second millennium BC; the interaction of Minoan states with other societies in the East Mediterranean; the cultural influence of Minoan societies in the southern Aegean; the collapse of Neopalatial Cretan states and the Mycenaeanisation of Crete; the final collapse of state society on Crete, and the end of the Bronze Age.
Module information
- Code: ARCL0066
- Credits: 15
- Coordinator: Borja Leggara Herrero
- Prerequisite:
- Handbook:
For registered students
- Reading list:
Availability
- Not running in 2024-25