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Mediterranean people we discussed?
Minoans
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Minoans were?
- Near eastern
- North African
- European
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Mycenaeans?
Indo European greeks
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Mycenaean culture?
Like Minoans but more War-like
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2 words talked about the Mycenaeans?
- Labrys- Double Axe
- Labyrinth- House/Palace of the double axe.
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What happens to the Mycenaeans?
- They are conquered, absorbed, and pushed out of Greece by the Dorian Greeks.
- They flee to Ionian and are called Ionian Greeks.
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Maritime supremacies?
Thalosocracies- He who controlled the sea controlled the land.
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Acropolis
- Raised fortified site within a city.
- Last area to defend.
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What age was the minoan/mycenaean period referred to?
Bronze Age
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Crops of the Minoans
Olives and Grapes
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Minoans commercial products?
Wine, olive oil, and pottery (finest of it's time)
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Minoan Legend?
The legend of the Minotaur
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Minoans great Palace?
Palace of Knossos
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Where was the palace of Knossos located?
Island of Crete
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Minoan legendary King?
Minos
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Who discovered the Minoan civilization?
Sir Arthur Evans 1900-1930
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What started Sir arthur Evans to look for Minoan civ?
3 rings
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What is the minoan civilization sometimes referred?
The connecting/Stepping stone civilization.
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Minoan Government
King, they are traders not warriors.
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Minoan Religion
- Mother Goddesses
- Believed in afterlife
- built crypt instead of large tombs to bury dead.
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Other things to be familiar with from minoan civilization?
- women have more freedom
- Sport-Bull leaping
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What did egyptians call the Mediterranean sea?
The great green sea and they feared it.
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What protected the Minoans?
The Great Green Sea and their commercial fleet.
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Minoan language
- Linear A- No can read
- Linear B- Can read
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The Geography of the greek mainland, and how did it affect settlement patters.
Peninsula was criss-crossed by mountains which isolated the cities. The best place to settle and have a city is by the water.
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Dorian greeks?
Conquered and destroyed the Mycenean culture.
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What was the Greek Dark age? Why?
- 1150-750
- Because the only thing to do was survive.
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What happened to the greeks that were driven out during the dorian invasion?
They flee to Ionia and are called Ionian Greeks
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Was the Dark ages good or bad for us? Why?
Good, it made a pure Greek Culture.
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What are the writings of Homer?
Illiad and Odyssey
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What are the Illiad and Odyssey about?
Mans relationship with man, the flaws in human character, and the whims of the Gods
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How did homer see the Gods?
The Gods were like Humans so the 12 Olympians were like us.
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What were oracles? What did they look like?
They were predicters of the future who were elderly women.
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The most famous oracle?
The Oracle of Delphi
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When and where were the first olympic games held?
Olympia in 776BC
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how long were the olympic games held from 776BC
virtually unrestricted for 12 centuries
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Why was the trojan war fought?
- Poem- Hera stealing Helen
- Historians- Economics
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Who discovered the city of Troy?
Heinrich Sheilman
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What did Moses call God?
Abraham?
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Who was Abraham?
The father of the 3 greatest religions.
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What was the biggest contribution of the Hebrews
Ethical Monotheism
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Ethical Monotheism
God is Just
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Earliest traces of Hebrews found where?
Tigres and Euphrates rivers
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Who were known as the sea people?
Phillistines
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Which group was first to divide their empire into provinces and separate states
The Assyrians
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Where were the phoenecians located?
Located on the coastline of Syria.
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What do we give phoenecians credit for?
The Alphabet
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What items did the phoenecians trade
Glass and purple dye
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What is the Aremeans nation called today?
What does it mean?
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Arameans oldest city
Damascus- the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world today
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Arameans language for the middle east became what?
International language
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What was the hittite empire famous for?
Producing iron products on a truelly commercial scale
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How did the hittites affect mesopotamian culture?
The destroyed it. Took 400 yrs to rebuild
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What people caused the fall of the Hittites?
Dorian Greeks
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Who founded the Chaldean/Babylonian empire?
Nappapolasar
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Which Chaldean/babylonian was the most famous?
Nebecennezar
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Who was famous for the hanging gardens of babylon?
Nebeccanezar
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Who produced iron on a truely commercial scale?
Hittites
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Persian leaders?
- Cyrus-archamedian Dynasty-
- Campys-added egypt to empire
- Darius- loses in marathon
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Cyrus belonged to which dynasty?
Archemedian
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Who was the persian leader that allowed hebrews to leave?
Cyrus
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How was the persian empire set up?
Satrapies- cultural centers
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Where and who were the persians defeated?
Marathon, darius
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Persians most important cultural contribution?
- Zorrasteranism religion
- Persian Philosopher Zorraster
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Who are the Persians?
Iranians (iran)
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Zeus
Ruler of Gods, known as the Sky Diety
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Appolo
Sun God, God of light, medicine
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Athena
Goddess of Wisdom, War
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Aphrodite
Goddess of love and beauty
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Hera
- Queen of the Gods, Zeus' wife
- Patroness of women and marriage
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