The Minoans and Mycenaeans

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The Minoans and Mycenaeans
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Minoans

• Lived on . . . from . . .
• Did NOT speak . . .
• Imported . . .
• Also imported . . .
• ______ was lifeline of Minoan civilization

• Crete is this island

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Minoan Technology

• Written language called . . . .
• (remains untranslated to today)
• Construction Technology
• First constructed ______ around 3000 BC
• Minoans built huge _____________
• Constructed on top of original sites, just like
  ____________ cities

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Palace Complex of Knossos

• Served as . . .
• Huge _________ stored food for winter
• Included . . .

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Knossos Palace Exterior

• Artists drawing of part of Knossos Palace

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Knossos Palace Exterior

• The Bull Chamber

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Knossos Palace - interior

• Dolphin Sanctuary

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Knossos Palace Interior

• The Hall of Double Axes

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Knossos Palace Interior

• The Throne Room

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Minoan Art

• Frescos (pictures made with ___________) showed
  men, women participating in . . . .
• Color of _____ used in frescos represented
  different sexes
• Womens skin was . . .
• Mens skin was . . .
• Frescos of women . . .

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Minoan Art

• Bull Jumping (Detail from Bull Chamber)

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Minoan Culture

• Men and women are thought to have held at least .
  . .
• Based on frescos depicting men, women . . .
• Minoan culture was possibly . . .
• Women shown seated on thrones
• Women shown being saluted by others
• Minoan art depicts no trace of male rule

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Minoan Religion

• Based on . . .
• Art depicts many more . . .
• Examples
• Fertility Goddess
• Mistress of Animals
• Protector of Cities
• Mistress of the Harvest

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Minoan Religion

• Important symbols
• Bull
• Double Axe
• Sun Disk
• Serpent

• Example of Double Axe Symbol

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Minoan Trade

• Pottery reveals . . .
• Network of trade with . . .
• Traded ___ (important to bronze metallurgy)
• Also traded . . .

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End of Minoan Civilization

• Rise of iron production led to decline in Minoan
  trade after 1700 BC
• Volcano eruption at _____ destroyed that island
  and caused huge _____ that destroyed . . .
• Earthquake around 1600 BC destroyed many . . .
• Mainland Greeks (Mycenaeans) invaded around 1400
  BC

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Mycenaeans Who were they?

• Tribes of ____________
• Achaeans
• Danaans
• Argives
• Aeolians
• Tribes had lived in area since . . .
• Mycenaean Civilization the basis of Homers
  __________ ____________

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Mycenae Politics

• Dominated by a warrior aristocracy (nobles)

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Mycenae Technology

• Written language called __________ (translated)
• Written language is a direct ancestor to
  ______________
• Bronze metallurgy was common
• Fought from __________, not horseback

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Mycenae Invasion of Crete

• Swept through Crete, looting and burning
  ________________
• By 1200 BC, most Minoan palace sites . . .

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Mythical Mycenae Trojan War

• Epic Greek tale contained in _________
• The Trojan War was a war waged against the city
  of Troy in ______ by the armies of the Achaeans
  following the kidnapping (or elopement) of
  __________by ______, a prince of Troy

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Homers Epics

• Homer was a . . . .
• No writing, so Homer kept stories alive orally
• Iliad and Odyssey were . . . .

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Iliad and Odyssey as Myths

• A myth is a . . . . .
• Purpose?
• Understand mysteries of . . . .
• Also to explain . . . .
• Gods and humans . . .
• Who were some of the Gods?

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Trojan War

• Ten year war between Greeks, led by King
  ____________ against Trojans, led by King
  _________
• Greeks won by leaving __________ outside Troy,
  filled with warriors when Trojans brought it
  into city, Greeks . . .

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End of the Trojan War

• Scene from movie Troy

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Fall of Mycenae Civilization

• Conquered by invaders, the ___________, around
  1200 BC
• Led to a _______ from 1200 to 800 BC when
  Greeks lost . . . .

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• THE END
• (of the Minoans and Mycenae)