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Ch9 Sec1 Minoans
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What civilization took shape in the aegean world in the 700 B.C. | Hellenes/Greeks |
| What civilization rose around 2800 B.C. ? | Minoans |
| Where were the Minoans located? | On crete and Island of Mediterranean |
| What were the Minoans known as? | Cretans |
| What did the Minoans grow? | wheat, barley, grapes, and olives |
| Besides carpenters what else did the Minoans work with? | Metal |
| When pirates threatened the Minoans they (moved, hid, or improved their ship building)? | Improved their ship building |
| The birthplace of the Minoan civilization was (Greece, Crete, Rhodes) | Crete |
| How did the Minoan improve their ship building? | They built them slimmer and made them with 2 to 3 mast and deck over the head to protect them. |
| How did Minoan get control over the sea? | The new ships had a wooden beam in the prow that could smash a hole in enemy ships to sink them. |
| When did the Minoans get control over the sea? | 2000 B.C. |
| What Minoans trade? | Pottery, leather and bronze armor, metal jewerly |
| What did Minoans men wear? | loin clothes, long robes and braided with flowers or trousers |
| What did Minoans woman wear? | skirts and short sleeve jackets |
| What did the Minoans men jobs? | farmed, fished, and raised cattle,sheep, goats. They also served in navy and royal guard |
| What did the Minoans woman do? | household duites, sporting events, hunting in charets |
| Describe the Minoans arena (Minoans built this first) | Stood in open, stone steps formed grand steps and 500 people could be seated. King and Royal party had royal seats. |
| What events did Minoans hold at the arena? | Boxing matches, and bull leaping |
| Describe bull leaping | Young men or woman would fight a bull. Men would grab bulls horns. Bull will raise head and toss him, man would do somersault and land on standing on bulls back. Then back backflip. |
| How were the Minoan cities different then the rest of the civilizations? | At the heart at the main city was a palace. The had no walls they depended on the (sea and navy) |
| What was the largest city? | Knossos |
| Describe Knossos | 28 acres or 11.2 hectors, a 5th of the area was taken by a 5 story palace that served as a (gov. building, temple, factory and warehouse) it had decorated walls (frescoes), bathroom, bathtubs, toilets. also labyrinth known as Double Ax. |
| What was the palace in Knossos nicknamed? | The house of the Double Ax. |
| Who lived around the Minoans palace? | Sea Captains, merchants, and ship builders |
| How many stories where the Minoans houses? | 2 |
| Describe the Minoans house. | The lower walls made of stone, upper walls made of sun dried brick, inside walls painted from scenes of daily life. Each one had well and drain. |
| What did the Minoans houses not have? | Entrance to the street. |
| How did the Minoans use Parchment (thin animal skin) for building a house? | It was used as windows and doors |
| Who were the rulers of Crete? | Priest Kings |
| What did Priest Kings do in the Crete society? | They made laws and represented the Gods on Earth. |
| Where did the Priest Kings go to get signs from Heaven? | Mount Juktas |
| What was the Minoans main God and what did it do? | Mother Earth. She made plants grow and brought children into the world. |
| How did the Minoans honor Mother Earth? | They build shrines on palaces, house tops, hill tops, and caves. |
| What was sacred to the Minoans? | flower, lilies, Double Ax it stood for Mother Earth and authority of king and dove because it flew to heaven. |
| What happened in 1400 B.C.? | The Minoan civilization fell and the control of the sea passed to the Mycenaeans. |
| What legend explains the fall of the Minoans? | Theseus and the minotaur |