Minoan Civilization

One theory that attempts to explain why the Minoan civilization disappeared was because of the Persian wars. A volcanic eruption and famine were two other theories that attempted to explain the disappearance.

I think you mean "killed the Minotaur", because the Minotaur wasn't "found", it was born to Minos' wife, the Queen of Crete.

In that case, it was Theseus

Since they were sea traders they traded with many other countries, and they exchanged ideas. In addition they spread their culture through conquering other countries

He became famous because it is an ancient Greek legend. He was in a labyrinth and a boy went to kill him, but people would get lost in the labyrinth and would get eaten. This guy tied a spool of string to the door and held it, slowly unraveling it so he wouldn't get lost. He succeeded in killing the Minotaur and went home.


How the minotaur became a minotaur is disgusting. So don't look it up. Ever. And i mean never ever ever ever.


Search the story of the minotaur. It is a very interesting story. :)

Because he ate young people.

Large farms, or estates, that belonged to the nobles.

the civilization developed on the island of Crete

The Minoans lived on the island of Crete since 7000 BC. A while after they settled they began to trade with their neighbor countries; Asia Minor and Egypt. Due to the rich resources of the land they farmed and grew crops.

Before he became king of Crete, Minos struggled with his brothers for power. He prayed to Poseidon to send a snow white bull as a sign of the god's approval. Poseidon did this, but demanded that the bull be sacrificed after Minos became king. Minos, however, was a greedy man, and the bull so beautiful and perfect that he kept it for himself.

As punishment, Aphrodite made Minos' wife, Pasiphae, fall madly in love with the bull, to the point that she had Daedelus make a hollow cow form for her so that she could be inside and copulate with the bull. The horrific result of his union was the minotaur, which she named Asterion. The minotaur was nursed by pasiphae until he grew too monstrous, at which point he began to feast on human flesh, since nothing else would sate his monstrous appetite.

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The most well-known version of the story comes to us from the Greeks. Theseus is the son of Aegeus, the last primordial king of Athens. The Minotaur is the step-son of Minos, king of Knossos (the monster was sired by the Cretan Bull and mothered by Minos' wife, Pasiphae).

Because Daedalus helped Queen Pasiphaë mate with the white bull and give birth to the Minotaur.

During the Dark Age in Ancient Greece, the Mycenaean civilization began to decline, wars broke out between city-states, and there were earthquakes all over Greece.

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Mycenaeans had a stronger military.

Minoans Were Better Artists.

their culture was one based on the sea, by which they were entirely surrounded; this led them to develop a substantial navy and naval merchant fleet in order to trade, which in turn helped them establish a strong economy based on trade.

The most common type of domestic architecture was the Megaron...a meandering sort of building with a central open court in the middle of which was kept a fire. Example: Mycenea

Many mycenean tholos--or 'beehive' tombs also survive. They were large, domed stone structures covered with earth. Typically, they feature a monumental doorway with a triangular lintel. Example: Treasury of Atreus

According to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary it can be pronounced either /'mɪnətɔː(r)/ or / ˈmaɪnətɔː(r)/

The stories differ. In some, Theseus killed the Minotaur with his fists and battered the monster to death, as he had no other weapons. In another, Theseus kills the Minotaur with the sword of Aegeus.

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I believe Minos had several daughters, but two of the more famous ones are Phaedra and Ariadne.

Ariadne helped Theseus defeat the minotaur (her half brother) and also helped him escape from the labyrinth by giving him a magical ball of thread that traced his path to freedom. However, Theseus abandoned her while she was sleeping despite all she had done. Dionysus - god of wine and revelry - found Ariadne (while she was still sleeping) and made her his wife. What happened to Ariadne after this is debated (she may have been shot by Artemis, turned to stone by Perseus, or become immortal).

Phaedra ended up marrying Theseus (despite his treatment of her sister) and had two children with him. However, she became bored with Theseus and tried to tempt Hippolytus (Theseus' son by Antiope) into having an affair with her. Hippolytus refused her, and Phaedra - bent on revenge - convinced Theseus he had raped her. Theseus, enraged, ordered Hippolytus' death. Phaedra, regretting her actions and beset by guilt and grief, killed herself.

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In Greek mythology there was only one minotaur, and it seems to have had no purpose except to watch the labyrinth it was locked in to and rip apart any people it happened to find in there.

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They traded other people with food and other things.

The Minoans were, in fact, the very first entrepreneurs. They basically discovered and adapted and developed seamanship skills faster than anyone, as they originated on the island of Crete, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Their most revered accomplishments were their most obvious; they dominated all trade in the Mediterranean area. They had access to a giant variety of other cultures, and therefore other resources. Those resources, while they may have been abundant in some areas, were in severe demand in other areas. When the Minoans figured this out, they would stock up on that particular resource for a dirt cheap price, then sail on to an area where that was in high demand and rip off the merchants over there. The Minoans, in a sense, were like Switzerland was in World War II; They traded weapons and supplies to countries at war, while keeping the warring nations at bay with neutrality. They traded swords, riches, and more importantly, cultures, affecting many other civilizations' developments.