Chapter 9 Section 1 The Minoans Pages 151-155

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Chapter 9 Section 1 The Minoans Pages 151-155

• Objectives
• Students will be able to describe what life was
  like for the Minoans.
• Determine how the geography influenced the people
  who lived on the island of Crete and the Balkan
  Peninsula.

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• Introduction Sec. I The Minoans
• A. Greek Civilization grew out of a combination
  of two earlier civilizations, Minoan and
  Mycenaean.
• B. Due to the geography of the land both became
  great sea powers. They left a great legacy for
  the Greeks to live their life.

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• C. Minoans lived on the island of Crete in the
  Mediterranean Sea. They were also known as
  Cretans that grew wheat, barley, grapes, and
  olives. They traded very far away using surplus
  for goods they needed.
• D. They had good forest for wood and made ships
  and learned metal working.
• E. They made slim, fast ships to protect them
  from pirates. The ships had a deck over the
  rowers and had three mask for sails. They had a
  ramming pole in the prow to punch holes in other
  ships.

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• II. The People
• A. The Minoans were small people with bronzed
  skin. Men wore striped loincloths, long robes
  embroidered with flowers, or trousers that bagged
  in the knees.
• B. Women wore full skirts and short-sleeved
  jackets that laced up the front. They wore gold
  and silver jewelry.
  
  

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• C. Men farmed and fished and the women worked in
  the house but also went hunting in chariots and
  played sports. Minoans probably built the worlds
  first arena.
• D. They had boxing matches and Bull Leaping
  like bull fighting. Men and women fought the bull
  together. The man would grab the bull by the
  horns, as the bull raised its head, the man would
  flip or somersault on the bulls back, then back
  flip of the rear of the bull. The woman would
  catch the man as he landed. Many believed this
  was a religious ceremony as well as sport.

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• Cities and Places
• The Minoans built many cities, in the middle was
  a palace rather than a temple like other
  cultures. They had no walls around the city, they
  depended on the navy ships for protection.
• The cities had great buildings painted with
  frescoes (paint on wet plaster then it dries)
  They had bathrooms with tubs and toilets that
  flush, hot and cold water in the houses.
• The Palace rooms made a labyrinth of
  interconnecting rooms.
• Many houses didnt have front doors they went in
  and out through roof doors using ladders.

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• Rulers and Religion
• A. The rulers were priest-kings, they made the
  laws and represented the gods too.
• B. The Minoans had many gods, the main god was
  Mother earth. She made plants grow and brought
  children into the world.

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• The Fall of the Minoans
• A. No one is certain why the Minoans
  civilization came to an end.
• B. Around 1400 B.C. The Mycenaeans took control
  of the Med. Sea.
• C. Legend explains the fall with a story of
  Theseaus and the Minotaur. Theseaus was a prince
  with a magic sword that killed the minotaur, and
  that ended the Minoans civilization.

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