Round 2: Tossup 5

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

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