History of Western Civilisation - Wednesday 5th Period: Discussion 2: Egypt and Crete

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Greetings and Salutations, class. Now that your hands are throughly exhausted from taking notes on yesterday's lecture, I'm going to make you talk until your jaw is tired as well.

For your homework, due next Tuesday but turned in to this thread, I'd like you to comment in at least 100 words on some aspect of Egyptian or Cretan civilisation. Bonus points for comparing something between the two.

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DISCUSSION 2: Crete

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Discuss Crete and its contribution to Western Civilisation.

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Crete

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

"Speaking from experience, seafaring folk tend to spread the influence of their culture and knowledge everywhere they travel, even if it is in subtle and almost imperceptible ways," says Archie. "I'm fairly sure the Cretan contribution to Western civilisation is far more widespread, one might even say ingrained, than any of us might be able to measure."

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Crete

[janet_fraiser]

"We do have a number of stories transmitted from them to Greek culture," said Janet. "But if the influence is subtle and imperceptible, can we really say that they actually had an influence? I'd think the Phonecians might be a stronger example of a seafaring culture that influenced others, especially given that the English alphabet derives--distantly, admittedly--from the Phonecian alphabet."