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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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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.
In Greek Mythology Who was the wife of Minos that fell in love with a bull?
Her name was Queen Pasiphae
What jobs did the minoans have?
The Minoans were primarily traders, but they also excelled in arts and architecture. They did not have any especially distinguishing jobs, but had a government system and job specializations similar to the Indus river peoples.
Mother Earth is the Minoans main god(no prove for it -.-)u got it right good job
Minotaur: A creature with the head and tail of a bull on the body of a man. It was locked into a giant labyrinth by King Minos of Crete. Every year for nine years, seven youths and maidens were locked into the labyrinth as well, for the beast to feed on. Until, the hero Theseus, after volunteering as one of the victims, killed the sleeping Minotaur by beating it to death.
The Minoan culture used what kind of writing system?
Linear A script is a kind of writing system, that Minoan culture used.
What were the Minoans characteristics?
Mycenae is a city on top of a hill surrounded by a fortified castle [Acropolis]. Attached here below you can see how it is currently the city.
