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Instead of having walls around them, the Minoans depended on the sea and navy for protection.

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Why doesn't the Minoan cities have walls around them?

They have the sea and the rolling hills to protect them from invasions


Why was the Minoan cities different?

They had no walls


Minoan cities differed from those built by other civilizations because .?

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Why the sumerian cities build cities with walls around them?

Sumerian cities had walls around them for the primary purpose of protection.


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Minoan frescoes appear on the walls of homes and palaces, not tombs.


Why do strong cities no longer have walls around them?

Modern weaponry renders walls useless.


Why were high brick walls built around early cities?

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Why did the Minoan civilization vanish?

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.


Some African nations resisted the slave trade by?

building walls around their cities.


Why did the Shang Dynasty have walled 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.


Why don't they build walls around cities anymore?

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