MYCENEAN & MINOAN CIVILIZATION

• Minoan Civilization


  Flourished in Crete
• Minoans


  Learned to make bronze from Sumerians
• Minos


  Legendary Crete king
• Sir Arthur Evans


  British archaeologist who excavated the site
• City of Knossos


  King ruled the prosperous cities of Crete from this palace
• Frescoes


  Painting of water-based pigments
• Bull


  Symbolizes fertility
• Minotaur


  Monster of Crete that had the body of a man but a head of a bull
• Theseus


  Founder of Athens, killed the Minotaur
• Volcanic Eruption and Tidal wave


  Reason for Minoan Civilization downfall
• Invaders


  Other cause for the Minoan Civilization downfall
• Mycenean Civilization


  Group of people from Central Asia
• Giant Stone Wall


  • Surrounded the palace
• People in Mycenean Civilization

  • Farmers
  • Slaves
  • Warriors
• Warriors


  Were nobles in Minoan
• Activities that kept the Mycenean people busy

  • Tanning of leather
  • Sewing Clothes
  • Making jars of wine and olive oil
• Trojan War


  Victory of Trojans that made them famous