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Minoan Civilization
The Minoan Civilization developed in the Bronze Age on the island of Crete and thrived on trade from Aegean population centers, Egypt, the Levant, Cyprus, and Anatolia from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC. It is most famous for the Palace at Knossos where its kings lived.
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The Labyrinth, built by Daedalus. The Minotaur was kept in this maze until Theseus killed it.
What is the significance of Knossos?
Knossos was a Minoan palace complex housing around 5,000 people. The complex sservesas residents, relgious center, and warehouses. Ther were rooms dedicated to hold jars of iol, wine, and grains that were paid taes to the king. Knossos was an elaorate building that included workshops for makinng jewlery, vases and ivory figurines. It was very rich and culture and art. This showed the Minoans lived a comfortable lifestyle. They traded pottery and jewlery of gold and silver.
The minotaur is half human and half bull, As a result it is a myth but people accour it as a ledgend
Why did Poseidon curse the wife of King Minos?
Minos was competing with his brothers to rule Crete. Minos prayed to Poseidon to send a white bull as a sign of support for him to be king. Minos was to kill the bull as a sacrifice to Poseidon, but kept the bull because of its beauty. He thought Poseidon would not care, and Minos sacrificed his own bull. This angered Poseidon or Minos was disobedient and made Poseidon think he was not worthy. Poseidon cursed Minos' wife.
What happened to the temple at Knossos at Greece?
The temple at Knossos, part of the larger Minoan palace complex on Crete, was significantly damaged by a series of earthquakes around 1700 BCE, leading to its reconstruction and expansion. It was later destroyed around 1450 BCE, likely due to a combination of natural disasters and invasions, possibly by Mycenaean Greeks. The site was rediscovered in the early 20th century and extensively excavated by archaeologist Arthur Evans, revealing its complex architecture and rich frescoes that highlight the sophistication of Minoan civilization. Today, Knossos is considered a key archaeological site for understanding ancient Aegean cultures.
How do you get the minotaur ring on poptropica?
You go past the bridge by the tree of immorality and then you arrived to a flower like thing with numbers 1-8. If you did the pattern correctly then it will open. Once you're in, then you enter a maze. You have magic string to help you. Once you get to the ghost and the bones, your close. In bones you should spell TEN.Up ahead there is a SCORPION. Then you might get to a snake puzzle. An easy way to get the red eyed snake is when you see it, you right click and it will the thing will freeze then you place your mouse over it click once and you have caught it. You have do this 3 times.
Where does the name Minoan come from?
The Minoan civilization derives its name from its first king, King Minos.
How were the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures similar?
The Minoans believed in afterlife and that gods are less important than goddess. In the other hand there was no record in the Mycenaean cultures that there was any god or goddess.
What was the function of a Minoan palace?
the function if the Minoan palace was attendants and higher officials carried out the daily business, also food & trade items were stored and redistributed to people of the countryside.
Why do you think the Minoans abandoned Knossos in about 1450 BCE?
Knossos (pronounced kuh-nuh-SOS) is believed to have been attacked by the Mycenaeans in the early 15th Century B.C., resulting in destruction of much of the city. Historians assume the Mycenaeans removed the leaders of Knossos from the palace in 1450 B.C. What remained of Knossos following its loss in war to the Mycenaean Greeks is believed to have been destroyed by fire 100 years later.
There is also legend that the city was destroyed by tsunami.
How did the Minoans gain control of the Mediterranean sea?
They built faster ships with a large wooden beam in the prow to smash and sink enemy ships .
How were the mycenaeans influenced by the minoas?
Minoans were a civilization that benefited from trade, and therefore for it to have a significant effect on the Mycenaean civilization, trade was the main solution.
What do the fortified palaces of the Mycenaean monarchs suggest about Mycenaean civilization?
The Mycenaean places were held as tombs for the Mycenaean's.
Does the minotaur have rivals?
If you've read the Percy Jackson & the Olympians, his enemies are Percy, Annabeth, and Grover.
