MINOANS

Who were the Minoans? Who discovered them? When and where were they discovered? What was their civilization like? What probably happened to it? Why is it considered important? What remains to be discovered about it?**
 * __DISCUSS THE ANCIENT MINOANS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE__

1. "Minoan" is the title given to the people who created Crete. Their actual name remains unknown. (cne)

2.The Minoan Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization which arose on the island of Crete.(dbe)
 * Bronze age refers to a period in human cultural development*

3. The Minoans are beleived to have thrived from 2000-1400 B.C and may be the first europian civilizations on the Island of Crete. An archaeologist named sir Arthur Evans went to the island of Crete, orginally to study something else but discovered the Minoan civilization. There civilization had a massive wheat and grape market, and around 1950 B.C and urban revolution took place which allowed the agriculture activity grow more and more. What is beleived to have happened to this civilization is that a major tidal wave as well as an earthquake struck Crete. This not only ruined the productivity of their crops, but made them much more vulnerable to outsiders. The Greeks landed on Crete 100 years after this disaster struck, and invaded and took over. Eventually, everyone became so unhappy that Crete was burned to the ground in 1350 B.C. (kmu)

4. The Minoans were named by Evan. The name come from a greek myth that the Athnenians told about Theseus, the legendary founder of Mycenae. The Minoans developed a script known as Linear A. The greek adapted Linear A for their own purposes in a script tha archaeologists call Linear B.(dmc)

5. The Minoans developed a script that archaelogists call linear A. (sde)

6. The Minoan palace was a huge, complex facility. There was a legend that a man-eating minotaur lived in a complex labyrinth below the palace. (jmo)

7. The Minoans were greatly skilled at pottery. (maus)

8. The name, Minoans is came from the Greek myths. Sir Arthur Evans, the archaeologist, gave its name.(alim)

9. The Minoan cities had no walls to protect them, only their army. (maus)

10. Paintings that have been found on the walls of the rooms from Minoan ruins, illustrate that the Minoans were interested in sports including wrestling, boxing, and box jumping. (maus)

11. The Minoans taxes were taken up in the form of oil and grain. (maus)

12. The Minoans are the people that created the civilization of Crete. They got this name from a Greek story and it seemed appropriate because the name they called themselves remains unknown. These people came to Crete in the stone age. The Minoans develpoed a script called the Linear A. This focuses on how many cattle or sheep the writer wanted to inventory. The Minoan religion required no large temples to house gods and goddesses. They made offerings outside. In Crete, earthquakes were very common, and when they collapsed buildings, the wealth of the nation had to be used to rebuild them. (jat)

13. The Minoans adapted their languages from a group of sea-traders called the Phoenicians. The Minoans were not a warrior society; instead they relied on their navy to defend them. (Agr)

14.The Minoans had cities with major centers instead of temlples. Earthquakes were coomon in and around Crete, where the Minoans lived, one earthquake is believed to have weakend their economy possibly causeing their downfall. (jho)

15. The Minoans developed a type of thin pottery called egg-shell ware that was similar to the Egyptian's style of art, and they were also a main source of trade for ships.(KSKR)

16. Minos was the King who ruled the Minoans in Crete. (WCo)

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