Mycenaean trade with the east Mediterranean

From archaeological evidence it is clear that the Mycenaean's enjoyed widespread commercial relations with the countries of the East Mediterranean, and this thesis is a study of the material objects of this trade. Their distinctive pottery appears to have been the most important commodity exported by the Mycenaean's: fragments and whole vases have been excavated at scores of Late Bronze Age sites in the East Mediterranean, in Asia Minor, Cyprus, Syria, Palestine and Egypt. The majority of the vases found belong to the 14th and 13th Centuries and their distribution is one of our strongest proofs for the existence of flourishing trade relations at this time. Commerce thrived because these 200 years represented a period of stability in the East Mediterranean. The great ports of the Levant and Cyprus were visited not only by Mycenaean traders but by merchants from all the neighbouring countries. Pottery was not the only commodity featured in the trade. Bronzes from Greece indicate that the Mycenaean's had an extensive metal industry and their supplies of copper and tin were imported. The copper came from Cyprus in the form of ingots. These metals were essential to a Late Bronze Age civilisation, but other finds from excavated graves and settlements on the Mainland prove that the Mycenaean's also obtained luxury materials such as gold, silver, ivory and semi-precious stones. These were imported as raw materials and then fashioned by Mycenaean craftsmen. The Linear B tablets, although they do not discuss foreign trade, throw light on some of the types of materials which must have been traded, including certain perishable goods which have not survived to be excavated by the archaeologist. Each chapter deals with a particular commodity featured in the trade, and in the conclusion the extent of trade with each country is summed up. An accompanying folder contains maps and photographs

Witchcraft and the Church in Scotland Subsequent to the Reformation

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The Door-to-Door Mormon Pest Control Salesman: A Novel

This thesis consists of a critical introduction followed by a novel told in twenty-five chapters. The novel begins in the first person with the eighteen-year-old protagonist Kirtland Grant beginning a summer job as a door-to-door pest control salesman in Florida. Trained using Mormon missionary techniques, his office of relocated Utah boys, all of them Mormon, dodge angry homeowners and evade police in gated communities while insects root the brand-new houses from below and corrupt banking pushes the region toward collapse. With his departure date for a two-year Mormon mission looming at summer’s end, Kirt delves into Mormon doctrine and attempts to solidify his spiritual faith through a salesman’s experiment in finding God. As Kirt redoubles his efforts in faith and in sales in order to earn enough money to fund his mission, he finds himself in ethically dubious positions and comes to understand the questionable practices of the company for whom he has been selling. He simultaneously struggles to comprehend his own sexuality, and a sexual run-in with a young woman, which Kirt interprets as serious sin, triggers additional trauma and spiritual flailing. God does not commune with Kirt in any way Kirt can comprehend, and as the novel ends he is beaten, alone, but nevertheless, alive. Perhaps most critically, he has effectively quit his position in the pest control company and made a failed attempt at reconnecting with the young woman. The novel is an embodiment of the nature of belief, and examines our reliance on each other’s faith to prop up our own, whether it be faith in housing markets, pest control products, or God

The Effect of Diagnostic Prescriptive Instruction Using Team Teaching of Language Arts

This study attempts to determine the effect or using diagnostic prescriptive instruction under the organization of team teaching. The study was designed to evaluate the academic progress of students in a pilot program using team teaching. The results indicate that students having team teaching do not score significantly higher than students receiving conventional instruction. During the study the author developed and fieldtested a semantic differential attitude scale that will be used to determine attitudinal differences among groups of students