Persian Influence, Minoans, Mycenaeans

Question 1

Persians

Answer 1

• Cyrus the Great established it
• tolerance
• advanced iron technology
• Zoroastrianism
• people could keep their religion as long as they pledged loyalty to th king (“King of Kings”)

Question 2

Lydian

Answer 2

• first to coin money
• Persepolis was capital
• road system (Royal Road, 1600 miles long)

Question 3

Minoans

Answer 3

• began on Crete (Aegean sea)
• developed around 3000 BCE
• lasted nearly 2,000 years
• established many colonies
• lots of trade
• Knossos (Minoan life was discovered through excavation)
• art work depicts kings, rulers, religion, but Minoan was strictly for beauty (lives tied to sea, very athletic)
• ceased to exist eventually, island north of Crete had a volcanic eruption that helped wipe out the civilization

Question 4

Mycenaeans

Answer 4

• mainland
• built small kingdoms that often fought
• more war like
• name comes from fortress
• considered the first Greeks
• influenced by Minoans (traded a lot)
• intense competition, frequent warfare, powerful kings
• built grate monuments (Lions Gate)
• Trojan War
• war played a part in the downfall. drought, famine

Question 5

Dark Age

Answer 5

• creativity still found
• after Mycenaean fell
• eventually became classical Greek