Key sites 2.1

Question 1

mycenaean

Answer 1

A civilization that was powerful from around 1600 BC to 1150 BC named after the city of mycenae in southern Greece

Question 2

minooan civilization

Answer 2

A civilisation based on Crete that influence neighbouring areas it lasted from around 3500 BC until around 1400 BC overlapping in both the time and area with mycenae and civilization

Question 3

Sally port

Answer 3

A gap in the outer wall through which defenders could rush out to surprise attackers

Question 3

megaron

Answer 3

The central hall in the mycenaean palace used for banquets worship and meetings

Question 4

corbeling

Answer 4

A technique used to span a gap between two walls by placing increasingly larger blocks of stone onto each other therefore creating a vaulted roof

Question 5

relief

Answer 5

From the Latin verb relevo meaning to raise a carving that projects from and is part of the same background material it has the effect of shading and being 3D

Question 6

stile

Answer 6

Stone slabs often with patterns or images carved onto them most commonly used as tombstones

Question 7

tholos tomb

Answer 7

A large domed tomb in the shape of an igloo roughly circular in its floor space also known as a beehive tomb

Question 8

fresco

Answer 8

A painting originally made on temp plaster in which the colours become fixed as the plaster dries