Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis The subject provides a sequel to ARY1020 in which the Bronze Age civilisations of the Aegean are studied in greater depth. The subject deals with the evolution and structure of Minoan and Mycenean society; religious and other cultural aspects of the two civilisations; Minoan hieroglyphics and the Linear A and Linear B scripts; the interaction between Crete and the Greek mainland which led to the domination of the former by the latter; the Trojan War; the still mysterious collapse of the Mycenaean and other Bronze Age kingdoms; and the so-called dark age that followed their disintegration.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 60% + Examination (2 hours): 40%