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The Aegean c. 3000-1100 BCE Cycladic Civilization. Cyclades. Cycladic Civilization (c. 3000-11 th century BCE). Female Cycladic Idol, from Amorgos c.2700-2300 BCE Early Bronze Age . Figurine of a woman, from a grave in Syros, (Cyclades) Greece, (c. 2500-2300 BCE). Male Cycladic
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The Aegean c. 3000-1100 BCE Cycladic Civilization
Cycladic Civilization (c. 3000-11th century BCE)
Female Cycladic Idol, • from Amorgos • c.2700-2300 BCE • Early Bronze Age
Figurine of a woman, from a grave in Syros, (Cyclades) Greece, (c. 2500-2300 BCE)
Male Cycladic • flute player from Keros • c.2700-2300 BCE • Early Bronze Age
Male Lyre Player, from Keros (Cyclades) Greece, c. 2700-2500 BCE.
Reconstruction of the Palace of Knossos c. 1600-1400 BCE Reconstructed porticos of the north entrance passage with fresco Architect Dedalos It had such complexity that no one placed in it could ever find its exit.
Minoan Woman or goddess, from the palace at Knossos, Crete, Greece, c. 1450-1400 BCE
Toreador Fresco, from Knossos, Crete. (c. 1500 BCE) • Minoan Civilization
\\\\\\\ The Queen’s megaron, Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete, c. 1600-1400BCE Minoan period
View of the “Throne Room” Palace of Minos, • Knossos, Crete(c.1600-1400 BCE) Minoan
Theran Volcano Eruption 1628 BCE. Major climatic change from Greenland to Egypt.
Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), from Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades, Greece, c. 1650 BCE
UpperPart of the Harvester Vase, from HagiaTriada, Crete(c. 1650-1450) BCEMinoan
Octopus Vase, from Palaikastro, Crete, • (c. 1500) BCE • Minoan
Ship Fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera, • (c. 1500-1650) BCE • Theran
Boxing Children, • from Akrotiri, Thera, • (c. 1650-1500) BCE • Minoan/ Theran
Mycenaean Civilization (c. 1600-1100 BCE)
1300-1200 BCE - Trojan War (?) 750-700 BCE - Homer writes Iliad &Odyssey
Goddess from the Citadel • of Mycenae, • (c. 1200 BCE) • Mycenaean • Crocus Gatherer, from Thera, • Pre 1500 BCE • Theran
Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, c. 1600-1650, Buried with the Mycenaean kings to attest to their wealth, Lion hunters are Minoan style, metal work is Near Eastern.
Mask of Agamemnon, from Mycenaean • c. 1500 BCE, Mycenaean
Minoan and Mycenaean cups, • from Vapheio. • (c. 16th Century BCE) • Minoan or Mycenaean or both
Three Methods of Spanning passageways Post and Lintel Corbelled Arch Round Arch, already Popular in the Near East.
Lion Gate, Mycenae 1300 BCE, Mycenae