Minoans and Mycenaeans

Question 1

Minos, Pasiphae, Minotaur, Minoans

Answer 1

King Minos labyrinth Minotaur (Hellenistic interpretation of the palace system at Crete) there is no contemporary reference to king Minos during the era in which he was supposed to have lived, can’t verify it

Question 2

Sir Arthur Evans

Answer 2

excavated crete

Question 3

Crete

Answer 3

http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/348.png

Question 4

Pre-Palatial

Answer 4

7000-2000 BCE

Question 5

Knossos

Answer 5

word

Question 6

Palatial

Answer 6

2000-1470 BCE
palaces being used as storage facilities,
large number of tablets or texts called Linear A texts

Question 7

Linear A

Answer 7

combination of syllabary and ideograms

Question 8

Thera, Akrotiri

Answer 8

“Thera frescoes” natl. acrheo. mus. athens very naturalistic compare to avaris (hyksos capital)
pictue of frescoe with moat and boats and palace in the middle aktourii

Volcanic eruptions scale 7 volcanic eruption: ash buried most of the cities – this preserved the frescoes but also centr. part of mediterranean

Question 9

Post-Palatial

Answer 9

1470-1000 BCE

Question 10

Mycenaeans

Answer 10

word

Question 11

Schliemann

Answer 11

word

Question 12

Formative period

Answer 12

1575-1450 BCE

Question 13

Palace Period

Answer 13

1450-1200 BCE

Question 14

Sub-Mycenaean Period

Answer 14

1200-1000 BCE

Question 15

Mycenae

Answer 15

word

Question 16

Tiryns

Answer 16

word

Question 17

Pylos

Answer 17

word

Question 18

Thebes

Answer 18

word

Question 19

Linear B

Answer 19

1470 or 1450 to almost exactly 1200 or so we begin to find texts written in linear B land or property management names of virtually all of the later greek gods and many other dieties

Question 20

wanax

Answer 20

word

Question 21

dromos

Answer 21

word

Question 22

tholos

Answer 22

word

Question 23

megaron

Answer 23

word

Question 24

Homer

Answer 24

word

Question 25

dactylic hexameter

Answer 25

word

Question 26

Ionic dialect

Answer 26

word