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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.