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Exam 2
Greek Times
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History
Undergraduate 3
03/06/2008
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Arthur Evans

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British archealogist who in 1899 while searching the island of Crete, he discovered the ancient civilization of the Minoan's. He uncovered a city with a huge palace, and he found out all kinds of things about them. He calls them the Minoan's because of a legendary king named Minoes that is in Homer's writings.

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Minoan Civilization - 2000 BC

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Oldest known civilization in Aegean.

They were beneath Greece on the island of Crete

Near the Aegean Sea
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Knossos (Cnossos) -

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main city uncovered in Crete
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