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Seafaring traders Extend Boundaries

Seafaring traders Extend Boundaries. Chapter 3 Section 3 Vocabulary. Minoans . A seafaring people who lived primarily on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea. The Minoans dominated trade in the Eastern Mediterranean from 2000 to 1400 B.C.

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Seafaring traders Extend Boundaries

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  1. Seafaring traders Extend Boundaries Chapter 3 Section 3 Vocabulary

  2. Minoans • A seafaring people who lived primarily on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea. The Minoans dominated trade in the Eastern Mediterranean from 2000 to 1400 B.C. • The Minoans are the first civilization of Ancient Greece.

  3. Aegean Sea An arm of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between Greece and Turkey. It was a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete, Greece, Rome, and Persia.

  4. Export • Goods and / or services which are produced in one country and sold in another. • Example: Some vegetables are grown in the U.S. by U.S. farmers but are sent overseas to be sold.

  5. Knossos • An ancient city on the island of Crete where culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC. Capital of the Minoan civilization.

  6. Phoenicians • A seafaring people who lived in city-states along the eastern Mediterranean Sea. • They had an alphabet based on symbols for sounds. • Known for setting up colonies all over the Mediterranean world, and as far away as Africa.

  7. Phoenicians CONT.

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