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Knossos

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One of the main city’s in Crete

Ruler=king Minos (the most powerful Kong

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Minoans

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Came before the myceneyans

They where artists
Love for nature

Lived in Crete

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Why were the products of the Minoans?

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Wine, olive oil, wool, milk, pork, honey

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Bronze

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Formed by melting together copper and tin

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King minos

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King of Crete

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Pasiphaë

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Minos wife

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Minotaur

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Minos son (half bull half human)

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Poseidon

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Sea God

1 of Theseus ‘s dads

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Ariadne

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Princess

In love with Theseus

Gives him a ball of string and sword to defeat the Minotaur

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King Aegeus

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King of Athens

Theseus’s dad

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Aithra

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Pithicuses daughter

Theseus’s mom

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Theseus

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Aegeus ‘s son

Hero

Lifts the rock

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Medea

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Aegeus ‘s evil witch wife

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Labyrinth

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Maze for the Minotaur

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Dionysus

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God of wine

Ariadne’s husband

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Arthur Evans

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Dug up and restored the palace of Minos

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Frescos (what did the Minoans frescoes depict?)

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Repeated patterns, colors, the sea, spirals, waves, double-headed axes

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Pithoi

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A large storage jar

Decorated with sea creatures and octopi

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Linear A and Linear B and Michael ventris

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Types of writing

A=Minoans. B= myceneyans

Linear B was decoded by Michael Ventris

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Bull vaulting/dancing

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When people grabbed it’s horns somersaulted onto it’s back, and then jumped of

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Motifs/colors/material of Minoan art

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Colors
Fish
Bulls (very important)
Wave patterns 
Double bladed axes
Jewelry 
Birds
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Why did Minoans civilization come to an end?

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Earthquake happened on a island called santroni, it set of a volcanic eruption (blew everything to bits), caused a tsunami that drowned the city

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Describe the citadel at myceneyae

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Very abnormal shape

Up on a cliff

Very high

Very tall and thick wall

Big bricks

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What where the products of myceneyans

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Gold
Bronze 
Jewelry 
Arm our
Bowls 
Cups
Sword and dagger handles 
Wine
Olive oil 
Grains
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How where the myceneyans influenced by the Minoans? How were the different?

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Minoan were more sophisticated

Myceneyans where very strong and warlike

Myceneyans where influenced by their art and design

The Minoans art was more happy; myceneyans focused more on war and battle

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Hellespont

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A narrow channel of water

Whoever lived there(Trojans) could control the Black Sea trade and take something from whoever passes through

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Troy

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Located in the Asia Minor

The Trojan war

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Dorians

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A race of horseman

They attacked the Greek peninsula

Killed all the rulers

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Tholos and shaft graves

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Tholos = rich grave goods

Shaft graves = several bodies covered in gold

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Motifs / colors/ material of myceneyans art

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More focused on war but materials are the same

Rings, jewelry and pottery

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Why did the myceneyans civilization end?

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Because of the Dorian invasion (they had better weapons)

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Dark ages

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When the Dorians came and took over Greece

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Homer

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He wrote stories about Ancient Greece

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Epic

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A long story/ poem with Heros and battles

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The lliad

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The epic poem about the end of the Trojan war

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The odyssey

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Odessues’s story here me from Troy (10 years)

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Paris

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Prince of Troy

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Helen

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Kidnapped by Paris out of love

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Menulaus

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King of Sparta

Helens husband

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Agamemnon

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King of Mycenae

Leader of Greek army

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Achilles

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Warrior hero of Greek army

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Crete

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Minotaur and his labyrinth

Located in the middle of Europe, Africa, and Asia

First part of Europe to be civilized

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Hector

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Hero warrior from Troy

44
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Patroclos

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Achilles friend

Died in battle

45
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Praim

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Father of Paris and hector

King of Troy

46
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Odysseus

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He made up the Trojan horse

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Penelope

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Odysseus wife

Waits for him for 20 years

48
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Ithaca

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An island rueled by Odysseus

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Epic hero

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Someone who has bigger than life personality (Theseus)

50
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Heinrich Schliemann

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He tried to find homers cities

Mistakes = he ruined all the top layers

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