Mycenaean and Mycenaeans (Ancient Aegean Civilizations)

Mr Downs thingy

What is this? (Term + definition)

Pithoi - large pots used for storage (weight ~a ton)

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Dromos - entrance to the Tholos (bee-hive tombs)

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Tholos - A beehive shaped tomb (The treasury of Atreus was a Tholos)

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Lions gate - the main entrance to the Mycenaean Citadel (where the people lived)

What is this? (Term + definition)

A Minoan palace

What is this? (Term + definition)

A Mycenaean palace

What is this? (Term + definition)

A shaft grave - a deep hole with rocks at the bottom and then filled to the top with corpses (Famous examples are Grave circle A and Grave Circle B)

Who used Linear A?

The Minoans

Who used Linear B?

The Mycenaeans (it was deciphered by Micheal Ventris)

Who discovered the palace at Knossos?

Sir Arthur Evens (he was looking for more “milk stones”)

What happened in time period A?

The (Minoan) palaces started being built & the start of the Bronze Age

What happened in time period B?

Minoan Dominance

What happened in the blue time period?

The explosion of the St. Eirene

What happened in time period C?

The Minoans & Mycenaeans assimilate

What happened in the time period in blue?

The Trojan War

What happened in time period D?

Mycenaean dominance and the Minoan culture disappears

Where did the Aegean Sea get its name?

From king Aegeus who killed himself in it because he thought his son was dead

Minoan men are…

quite good looking

Mycenaean men are…

A bunch of thugs

Who did the Minoans worship in their frescos?

The snake goddess (women were worshipped) and bulls which is shown through their numerous tradition regarding bulls (sacrificing children & bull leaping)

What is the name of the walls of the Mycenaean Palace?

Cyclopean Masonry (it is also what is used inside the tholos)

Who found grave circle A?

Heinrich Schliemann

What type of civilization were the Minoans?

A peaceful civilization and a Maritime Thalassocracy (all their power comes from trading)

Who found Akrotiri in 1967

Spiradon Marianos (Akrotiri is weird because it is a Minoan city and usually the Minoans built palaces)

Megaron meaning

Throne room

Wanax (multiple palaces)

King

Basileus (one palace)

Cheif

Lawagetas

people leader

Who found Troy?

Heinrich Schielmann (He got rich during California gold rush and loved Iliad)

What did Heinrich Schielmann find in the ruins of Troy?

A gold mask he believed to Agamemnon’s (it wasn’t) and when he found it he said “I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon” which is some crazy glazing ngl

Cause for the Trojan War

1. Greeks wanted to be able to trade throughout the Black Sea without paying a tax

2. Greeks wanted salt from the Black Sea

3. The Trojans kidnapped the wife (Helen) of king Agememnon’s brother (Menelaus)

Results of the Trojan War

1. Troy is destroyed

2. All Trojans are either dead or in slavery

3. Troy is looted and pillaged (including shaft graves and tholos)

4. Many heroes died

Outcomes of the Trojan War

1. King Agememnon is assassinated by his wife and her suitor

2. Created the basis for the Iliad and Odyssey

3. Greeks no longer had to pay taxes

What is the origin of Atlantis?

The Eruption of Thira/Santorini

The entire Minoan civilization is believed to be Atlantis

What was impressive about the Minoan Palaces?

They had running water and flushed toilets

The palace at Knossos had 1400 rooms and could fit 17000 people

Had light wells to let in light

What is bronze made of?

It is made of tin and copper (tin was imported from Cyprus)

Who did the Minoans and Mycenaeans trade with?

They traded with Egypt (for grains), Western Europe, Cyprus (for tin), and traded in the Black Sea (salt bc it is a preservative)

What did the civilizations on Crete have in surplus(what did they sell)?

Grapes, Olives, Fish, pottery, perfume, sheep, goat

Similarities between Minoans and Mycenaeans

1. Both had palaces

2. Both were monarchies

3. Both were wealthy civilizations

Differences between the Minoans and Mycenaeans

1. Mycenaean had had the rulers/nobility live in the palace while the civilians lived in the citadel

2. Surrounding the Mycenaean cities are Cyclopean Masonry (walls)

3. Mycenaeans were on mainland Greece while Minoans were on Crete

4. Mycenaeans were a warrior civilization while the Minoans were peaceful

What is this?

Boar Tusk Helmet