What was the second Cretan script Evans defined?
Hieratic
Linear B
Phoenician
Linear C
Answer
Linear B, the second Cretan script deciphered by Sir Arthur Evans, was not a Minoan script but rather an early form of Greek used by scribes for administrative purposes in the Mycenaean period (1500-1200 BC). Excavated at Knossos and Pylos, it was the writing system of Mycenaean Greece, and its decipherment led to the realization that the Minoan civilization had been succeeded by a Greek-speaking culture.
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