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

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