Instead of having walls around them, the Minoans depended on the sea and navy for protection.
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They had no walls
they had no walls
Minoan frescoes appear on the walls of homes and palaces, not tombs.
About 1450 B.C., the Minoan civilization suddenly collapsed. Some historians think undersea earthquakes caused giant waves that washed away the Minoan's cities. Others think the cities were destroyed by a group of Greeks from the mainland. These invaders were called the Mycenaeans.
City States protected themselves by building up armies, and also they built walls around their cities for protection.
They have the sea and the rolling hills to protect them from invasions
They had no walls
they had no walls
Sumerian cities had walls around them for the primary purpose of protection.
build walls around their cities?
Minoan frescoes appear on the walls of homes and palaces, not tombs.
Modern weaponry renders walls useless.
Protection from invaders.
About 1450 B.C., the Minoan civilization suddenly collapsed. Some historians think undersea earthquakes caused giant waves that washed away the Minoan's cities. Others think the cities were destroyed by a group of Greeks from the mainland. These invaders were called the Mycenaeans.
building walls around their cities.
Large walls were built around cities to protect the cities. It took 10,000 workers using 18 years to build that wall. The walls were 30 feet high, 65 feet thick, four and a half miles long. Skilled craft workers lived outside the walls to decorate the walls.
Flight and advanced firearms have essentially made the value of walls as a defensive measure useless.