minoan greece 3100 bce – 1400 bce
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Minoan Greece 3100 BCE – 1400 BCE. Western Civilization. Greek Origin – 1 st to define themselves in relation to older civilizations in the east & south & 1 st to use Europe as a geographic area Romans saw themselves as ‘western’ from ‘eastern’ civilizations History – What is it?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Minoan Greece 3100 BCE – 1400 BCE
Western Civilization
• Greek Origin – 1st to define themselves in relation to older civilizations in the east & south & 1st to use Europe as a geographic area
• Romans saw themselves as ‘western’ from ‘eastern’ civilizations
• History – What is it?
• Herodotus – Father of History
Why Greece?
• Greeks 1st to explore the questions that continue to concern western thinkers today
• Strove to understand universe & their place in it• Where philosophy & science were born• Concept of politics created• Reason & freedom replaced superstition &
despotism• Religion seen as individual effort & personal
Geography of Hellas
Contributed to differing develop-mentsIndependence encour-aged political partici-pationNorth – fertileAttica – commercialPelopponesus – self sufficient
Minoan Civilization
• Earliest evidence from archeologists at the start of the 20th cent.
• Sir Arthur Evans & Crete• Matrilineal/Pacific• Patriarchal? Bull Cult• Crete – central location,
traded surplus goods with neighbors
Sir Arthur Evans & Aerial View Knossos
Palace of Knossos, Toreador Fresco, Snake Goddess
Minoan Life
• Palace center of social, political, economic, religious activity
• Knossos – indoor plumbing, drainage, sanitation, hot & cold H2O
• Palace demonstrates power & prosperity
• Linear A - undecipherable
Cultural Diffusion, Trade, Arrival of Greek Speaking Peoples
• Peaceful contact at first• Evidence of trade,
jewelry, woven items, potters, tanners
• 1450-1400 BCE attacks on Crete
• New civilization emerges