Minoans and Phoenicians

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Minoans and Phoenicians
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Minoans in Mediterranean

• Eastern - 2000-1400
• Crete
• Pottery, Swords, figurines, metals
• Started cultural exchange in Med

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Minoan Civilization

• Knossos
• Peaceful
• Painted Walls
• Graceful, athletic
• Nature
• Women
• Sacrifice animals

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Minoans End

• 1200 BC
• Natural Disaster?
• Overpopulated?
• Invaders?

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Phoenicians

• Powerful traders
• Present day Lebanon
• Founded many city-states
• Shipbuilders
• 1st to go beyond Straight of Gibraltar
• Around Africa

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Commercial Outposts

• Sidon and Tyre
• N. Coast of Africa, Sicily, Spain
• All about 30 miles apart
• Traded - wine, weapons, precious metals, glass,
  ivory, dye

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Alphabet

• Symbols to represent sounds
• Phonetic - 1 sign --gt 1 sound
• Many adopted Alphabet
• Simplified writing --gt learning easier

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Geography of Greece
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Basic Geography

• Peninsula into the Mediterranean
• 1400 islands - Aegean and Ionian Sea

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The Sea

• Shaped Greek Civilization
• Aegean, Ionian, and Black Seas
• TRADE --gt Has little natural resources

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The Land

• Rugged mountains, deep valleys
• Divided regions - Independent communities
• Difficult to travel
• 20 farming
• Cant support large population
• Staple crops --gt grains, grapes, olives
• Need space --gt expand

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Climate

• Mild
• Leisure time outside