Minoans of Crete
Minoans of Crete
- 2000 - 1400 BC
- earliest known European civilization
- discovered in the 1900s by Arthur Evans
- buried for more than 3500 years
- seafaring trade
- unique hieroglyphics
- major influence on mainland Greece
- interacted with Egypt and Mesopotamia
- height = 1700 - 1400 BC
- ^ palace at Knossos built
- ^ shrines = ceremonies, living quarters, banquet halls (frescoes covered walls)
- Polytheistic: chief deity = snake goddess
- random events and invasion = demise of civilization
Crete
- between the Mediterranean sea and the Aegean sea
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