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Cyprus—Island of Copper
Cyprus was famous in antiquity for its copper resources. In fact the very word copper is derived from the Greek name for the island, Kupros. Cypriots first worked copper in the fourth millennium B.C., fashioning tools from native deposits of pure copper, which at that time could still be found in places on the surface of the earth. The discovery of rich copper-bearing ores on the north slope of the Troodos Mountains led to the mining of Cyprus' rich mineral resources in the Bronze Age at sites such as Ambelikou-Aletri. Tin, which is mixed together with copper to make bronze, typically at a ratio of 1:10, had to be imported. True tin bronzes appear to have been made on Cyprus as early as the beginning of the second millennium B.C. In the nineteenth century B.C., the island is mentioned for the first time in Near Eastern records as a copper-producing country, under the name "Alasia," and it continued to be an important source of copper for the Near East and Egypt throughout most of the second millennium B.C. Scholars, however, are in disagreement as to the exact meaning of "Alasia": whether it refers to a specific site on Cyprus, such Enkomi or Alassa, or to the island itself, or, less probably, to another geographic location.
Cyprus—Island of Copper | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art cypriots first worked copper in the fourth millennium b.c., fashioning tools from native deposits of pure copper, which at that time could still be found in places on the surface of the earth. the discovery of rich copper-bearing ores on the north slope of the troodos mountains led to the mining of cyprus' rich mineral resources in the bronze age at sites such as ambelikou-aletri. tin, which is mixed together with copper to make bronze,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cyco/hd_cyco.htm [984 words]
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The Vikings (780–1100) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art which may mark the first european voyage to the americas. ... population growth and dwindling resources in scandinavia may have sent the vikings to seek their fortunes elsewhere. in the early viking period, periodic raids on the rich monasteries of ireland and england seem to have contented them, but later they seized land, proclaimed their own rule, and exacted heavy tribute, the so-called danegeld, as payment in exchange for safety from attack.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/vikg/hd_vikg.htm [1183 words]
Prehistoric Cypriot Art and Culture | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Ar from the first part of the second millennium b.c., near eastern texts referring to the kingdom of "alasia," a name that is most likely synonymous with all or part of the island, attest to cypriot connections with the syro-palestinian coast. rich copper resources provided the cypriots with a commodity that was highly valued and in great demand throughout the ancient mediterranean world. cypriots exported large quantities of this raw material and other goods,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pcyp/hd_pcyp.htm [1652 words]
Early Cycladic Art and Culture | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art the ancient greeks called them kyklades, imagining them as a circle ( kyklos ) around the sacred island of delos, the site of the holiest sanctuary to apollo. many of the cycladic islands are particularly rich in mineral resources—iron ores, copper, lead ores, gold, silver, emery, obsidian, and marble, the marble of paros and naxos among the finest in the world. archaeological evidence points to sporadic neolithic settlements on antiparos,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ecyc/hd_ecyc.htm [951 words]
The Empires of the Western Sudan | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art each possessing resources and products badly needed by the other, it is likely that the savanna was an important trading arena long before the first camel caravans arrived from northern africa (third to fourth century a.d. ). ... although a rich diversity of goods were exchanged, all the empires of the western sudan were primarily based upon control of the lucrative trans-saharan trade in gold and salt. gold, mined predominantly in southern west africa,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wsem/hd_wsem.htm [776 words]
Divination and Senufo Sculpture in West Africa | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan M prescribe medicinal remedies, and offer other suggestions. successful diviners at once master knowledge of the landscape, develop abilities to communicate with the spiritual world, and create aesthetically rich environments as settings for consultations. sculptures and altars used in divination reflect practitioners' efforts to harness natural resources and engage spiritual intermediaries. divination thus constitutes an important source of patronage for the region'
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/divi/hd_divi.htm [1672 words]