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Bell Ringer
If you were designing a civilization…
Where would it be located?
Why? What are the
disadvantages and
advantages of this area?
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Seafaring Traders•Minoans•Mycenaeans•Phoenicians
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MINOANS
• Traders in the Mediterranean Sea
• Island of Crete
• Southern edge of Aegean Sea
• Major influence on the Greeks
• Knossos: capital city
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Minoans – Capital: Knossos
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Minos’ palace – Throne Room
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Minoan Life
• Peaceful • Loved nature• Athletic
people – Boxing– Wrestling– bull leaping
• Cult of the bull– Sacrifices to gods
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Women
• Higher rank than other
cultures
• A Great Mother Earth
Goddess ruled over
other gods of Crete
• Priestesses took charge of
shrines
– Aided by male assistants
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King Minos
• Had a Minotaur (half man – half bull) as a pet
• Kept the monster locked in a labyrinth (maze) of which there was no escape!
• Later, Greek myths will include this mythical creature– Ex. Percy Jackson
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What happened?
• Natural disasters• 1470 BCE – Earthquake or
volcano• Unable to rebuild cities
• Possibly taken over by invaders
• Phoenicians become most powerful traders in Mediterranean
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Mycenaeans
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Mycenaean Culture
• Came to power when Minoans disappear
• Lived on Greek mainland
• Great warrior nation: “Heroic Age”– We know this from pictures and
written records
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Mycenaean Culture
• Perseus (from Greek mythology) supposedly founded Mycenae
• Setting in the Iliad• Important place
during the Trojan War– Agamemnon’s brother is
married to Helen, who runs off with Paris from Troy…starting the Trojan War
• Influenced Greek religion and mythology
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Phoenicians - Geography• Rose to power during the Dark Age
• City-States – Byblos, Tyre, Sidon – trading centers
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Phoenicians Trading
• Trading Centers/Colonies– Northern coast of Africa– Coasts of Sicily, Sardinia,
and Spain– Greatest colony - Carthage
• Items traded:– Purple dye– Wood, metal, glass, and
ivory products– Goods from other lands
• slaves• weapons• wine
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Phoenician Accomplishments
• Went past the Strait of Gibraltar
• Sailed around Africa• Writing System
– Alphabet– Phonetics– Purple dye– Trading boats
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The End of the Phoenicians…
• While things are going well for the Phoenicians…
• The Persians rise to power and are slowly conquering everyone…and will eventually control this area of the Mediterranean and these people.
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