Packet B: Tossup 5

A theory about an invasion of this culture from the north is supported by the distribution of coarse pottery called “Barbarian Ware.” (10[1])Examples of this culture’s (-5[1])script can be found on stirrup jars as well as palm-leaf-shaped tablets. (10[1]-5[2])The Dendra panoply contains remnants of one of this culture’s boar-tusk (10[1])helmets. (10[2])A scene (10[1])of three (-5[1])warriors (10[1])fighting (10[2]-5[1])is depicted (10[1])on a 3.4-centimeter agate seal found (10[1])at the Griffin Warrior Tomb (10[1]-5[1])in one (10[1])of this culture’s (-5[1])palaces. (10[2])The walls of this culture’s city of Tiryns (10[1]-5[1])are (10[1])an (10[1])example (10[2])of (10[1])its Cyclopean (10[1])masonry. (10[3]-5[3])Grave Circle (10[1])A (10[1])at this culture’s (10[2]-5[1])type (10[1])site (10[1]-5[1])predates (10[2])its “beehive tombs” (10[3]-5[1])and contains (-5[1])royal grave goods like the Mask of (10[1])Agamemnon. (10[2]-5[1])For (10[2])10 points, (10[3]-5[3])name this Bronze (-5[2])Age Greek civilization (10[2])that wrote (10[1])in (10[1])Linear (10[1])B and overlapped with the (10[1])Minoans. (10[3])■END■ (10[19]0[2])

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