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 (-5[1])script can be found on stirrup jars as well as palm-leaf-shaped tablets. (-5[1])The Dendra panoply contains remnants of one of this culture’s boar-tusk helmets. A scene of three warriors fighting (-5[1])is depicted on a 3.4-centimeter agate seal found at the Griffin Warrior Tomb (-5[1])in one of this culture’s palaces. The walls of this culture’s city of Tiryns are an example of its Cyclopean masonry. (-5[1])Grave Circle A at this culture’s type site predates its “beehive tombs” and contains royal grave goods like the Mask of (10[1])Agamemnon. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Bronze (-5[1])Age Greek civilization that wrote in Linear B and overlapped with the Minoans. ■END■ (10[6])

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