Week 4

Question 1

The Aegean Bronze Age

Answer 1

in greece

Question 2

what does aegean mean

Answer 2

area of the mediterranean sea which is between greece turkery and crete

Question 3

bronze age meaning

Answer 3

the time when bronze (copper and tin alloy) was the primary material of the weapon and tool manufacture = ca. 3000-1100 bce

Question 4

What were the agean bronze age cultures

Answer 4

the minoans in crete
the mycenaeans in main land greece
the cyclades had cycladic culture and troy

Question 5

What were the minoans known for

Answer 5

for being one of the earliest of bronze age agean cultures
crete

Question 6

the rediscovery of the minoans

Answer 6

knossos was rediscovered by Minos kalokairinos first

Question 7

who conducted the first major escavtion of the palace of konosos

Answer 7

sir arthur evans
he was intrested in the myths in crete

Question 8

the minoans in myths

Answer 8

Myth of king minis-he was the king od crete and lived in the palace of knonoss

his wife pasiphae and a bull together made a minotaur

daedalus (built the labyrinth) and the labyrinth-the big maze to confuse the minotaur

athenian chridren as tribute

Question 9

how did floor plans a crete look

Answer 9

looks like a maze

Question 10

what is the minoan time line

Answer 10

old palace period
new palace peoriod
post palatial period

Question 11

what was the order of events in the minoan timeline

Answer 11

eruption of thera
late minoan
knossos destruction

Question 12

minoan religous practices

Answer 12

peak sancuatries, (would worship on top of mountains)

palaces

divided between men and women they wouldnt practice religon together

it was influenced by egyptan culture

Question 13

how do you recognize gods

Answer 13

looks for uncommon clothing
fancy dresses

Question 14

what did snakes symbolize in minoan culture

Answer 14

snakes were fertility
good for fetility god

Question 15

where is bull iconogyrpahy from

Answer 15

miinoan culture
crete
there was the horns of consecratio knonsos

Question 16

the leaping bull fresco

Answer 16

a sport of people jumping over a bull
right of passage into adulthood

Question 17

whats a fresco

Answer 17

wall painting on to wall plaster

Question 18

minoan writing

Answer 18

three scripts
cretan heiroglyphics
phaistos disc
linear A

all were syllabic and undeciphered

Question 19

phaistos disc

Answer 19

found in phaistos
only known use of this script
stamped not carved
cannot deciper what is on it

Question 20

linear A

Answer 20

linear script
date to protopalatial
main script of the minoans
used in palace admin

we can read it but dont know what its saying

Question 21

what are related langauges to minoan

Answer 21

nothing living realted

Question 22

what did they write about

Answer 22

admin records
prayers

Question 23

what were the 4 minoan palaces

Answer 23

knossos
phaistos
mallia
zakros

Question 24

What was key aspects of the architectural style of minoan palaces

Answer 24

alshlar masonry
tapered colones
open airy spaces with lighwells
lots of frescoes (wall paintings)

Question 25

what is ashlar masonry

Answer 25

even sized blocks cut precisely

Question 26

key features of a minoan palace

Answer 26

central courtyard (assembly fucitons)
warehouse/storage (pit hoils)
lustral basins (maybe sacred bathing area) not water resistant?
minoan hall (air and light, storage, linear A tablets)
western main entrance
theatral areas

Question 27

functions of minoan palaces (3 criteria)

Answer 27

polical-seat of power
religous-one of the main centres for community religion
ecomonic- redisctributive economy

Question 28

the minoan palace economy

Answer 28

redistributive economy
based on modles fromw west asia

records kept by sealing and clay tablets

things are brought to palace and then redistrubited

Question 29

what was the political structrue

Answer 29

no suggested ruler
there were kings in myths
but more commonly seen a queen
but nothign is too clear

Question 30

knossos vs phaistos

Answer 30

knossos is heavily reconstucted
makes it difficult to study
and more is disctucted

where is phaistos is not reconstucted and more authenic which helps studying

Question 31

what is thera

Answer 31

an island

Question 32

what are the cyclades

Answer 32

a group of island that thera is a part of

Question 33

the cyclades

Answer 33

ca 30 islands
lots of interrgional trade
mineral wealth
source of high quality marble

Question 34

cycladic figurines

Answer 34

marble
simple
square nore
early cycladic
influenced modern art
abstract

Question 35

the minoans in the cyclades

Answer 35

begining of the new palace time there was changes to cycladic culture due to influence from the minoans
they were in direct contact
trade routes
minoans took ovwe
geadial change from minoan or cycadic

Question 36

what do the later greeks beleive

Answer 36

that the minoans colonized the cycladies

Question 37

what is akrotiri

Answer 37

modern day santorini
southern thera
excavation by spryidon martinatos
stron minoan influence in the late bronze age
best preserved

Question 38

who escaveted akrotiri

Answer 38

spyridon marinatos

Question 39

the boxing boys fresco

Answer 39

right of passage
they were boxing

Question 40

the eruption of thera

Answer 40

people knew the eruption was coming so they had alr escaped before
well preserved

Question 41

thera is not atlantis

Question 42

the impact of the eruption on the minoans

Answer 42

pumice in some ares of northern crete
wide impact on trade
the theory that it led to the downfall of minoan civilization is inaccurate

Question 43

the end of the minoans

Answer 43

desctiction of most sites and palaces
material culture on crete changes from minoan to mycenaean