King Minos Ruler from Greek mythology Influenced by civilizations around the Mediterranean Sea Minoans Named after King Minos Location Island of Crete Note BC means Before Christ some people say Before the ID: 687404
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Aegean Civilizations - Minoans
King Minos: Ruler from Greek mythology. Influenced by civilizations around the Mediterranean Sea.
Minoans: Named after King MinosLocation: Island of CreteNote: B.C. means Before Christ (some people say Before the Common Era).
MinoansSlide3
Minoan Palace
Knossos, GreeceMain rooms decorated with frescoes (a form of painting that uses water-based pigments usually on wall surfaces).
Pigment= colorSlide4
Frescoes – Paintings
Games
MinoansSlide5
Jewelry
Things They Liked
Minoans
Dancing
Sports
AnimalsSlide6
Temples
Gods and goddesses
Polytheisticpoly = manyt
heist = believe of God or gods-ic = suffix meaning related toMain deity (
divinidad): earth mother – goddess of fertility (
fertilidad
)
Minoans
Places of Worship
Templos = Lugares de adoraciónSlide7
From the sea
Trading (
comercio
)
How they made their living
Minoans Slide8
Products Traded
Products Traded
honeyOlive oil
wine
gold
Grains
MinoansSlide9
It’s a mystery – no one knows for sure
Minoans
Maybe
a volcanic eruption?
Maybe crushed (
aplastada
)
by gigantic tidal waves?
How the Civilization EndedSlide10
Minoans
Timeline of Minoan Civilization
About 2000 B.C.: Minoans developed on the Island of Crete
1600 B.C.: Best period for Minoans (height)
1400 B.C.: Minoans disappear and Mycenaeans take control Slide11
The Mycenaeans
Name comes from most important city: Mycenae
First “true” GreeksCame from Central Asia to the south of the Balkan PeninsulaSlide12
Who they were
Where they lived
Warlike people Hillside Cities with armed fortresses
connected with stone walls
MycenaeansSlide13
Art
Trojan War & The Trojan Horse
Mostly WarMycenaeansSlide14
Traditions
What they did for a living
Oral accounts of war with Troy were passed on orally for about half-century yearsHalf-century = 50 years
Mycenaean kingdoms: Traded with Minoans, exchanged goods and ideasWarriors: Raided and robbed neighbors
MycenaeansSlide15
Mycenaeans
What happened to them?
It’s a mystery – no one knows for sure
Perhaps a drought and famine that followed.
Perhaps Mycenaeans
fighting against other Mycenaeans.
Drought
FamineSlide16
Mycenaeans
About 1600 B.C.: Mycenaeans arrive to the Balkan Peninsula
About 1240 B.C.: Mycenaeans give Trojans giant wooden horse with warriors hidden inside.
About 1400 B.C.: Mycenaeans becomes most powerful civilization in the region
Around 1250 B.C.: Mycenaeans attack the city of Troy
Around 1100 B.C.: End of Mycenaean civilization. Dorians take control.