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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Re: DISCUSSION 3: Egypt versus Crete

[janet_fraiser]

"Good point," said Janet. "Though I believe Egypt was invaded several times even prior to Alexander the Great and the Romans. The Hyskos invaded them and brought in the use of iron, right? Also, they traded with the Phonecians too. Or so I believe." She grinned at Isabel. "So they did have an infusion of new ideas and some cultural exchanges which helped keep the culture less stagnant. Maybe the combination of the priesthood and the divine ruler--" Janet's voice got just a little harder when she said that. "--ended up keeping the outside cultural influences relegated to the merchant class and even the lower class, where we'd be less likely to see them in the archaeological record."

Nope. No issues about ancient Egypt. Or divine god-kings. None at all.