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Kingdoms in the Aegean. Civilizations spread out. New technology – ex. Plow Adventurous. Minoan Civilization. Island of Crete Fishing and trading Writing Linear A – could not decipher Linear B – Indo-European speaking groups, earlier form to Greek. Society.
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Civilizations spread out • New technology – ex. Plow • Adventurous
Minoan Civilization • Island of Crete • Fishing and trading • Writing • Linear A – could not decipher • Linear B – Indo-European speaking groups, earlier form to Greek
Society • Rulers of various palaces governed all aspects of Minoan society • Nobility had indoor running water • Were not war like people • Men and women equal status
Religion • Mother Goddess – Fertility • Music, dance and prayer • Bloodless sacrifices • Natural cycle of life
Minoan decline • Thera volcano • Earthquake • Volcanic ash • Tidal wave • Mycenaeans
Mycenaeans • 6000 B.C.E. • Farming communities • 3000 B.C.E. • Learned to make and use bronze • 2000 B.C.E. • Indo-European speaking migrants from Asia Minor or Balkans
Society • Cities – Athens, Pylos • Warrior-kings, supported by nobles • Destroyed Minoan cities • Best example of life taken from the Iliad and Odyssey by Greek poet Homer • Zeus
Decline • 1200 B.C.E. • Cities destroyed by earthquakes • Warfare among cities • Trojan War • Migration of Indo-Europeans • Dorians
Dorians • Pastoralists • Conquered people were made servants and farmed • Scorned city life • Greece enters into the “Dark Ages” • Little to no trade, culture and identity