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| When did Minoan civilization exist? |
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| Where did the name Minoan come from? |
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| from the mythical king Minos |
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| Where did Minoan strength come from? |
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| dominating Aegean waterways, navy and merchant fleet |
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| the heart of Minoan civilization |
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| Where was the center of Minoan trade? |
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| What kind of things did the MInoans offer for trade? |
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| food, wine, pottery, metal work, cloth, luxury foods |
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| What areas did the Minoans trade with? |
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| all of the Aegean and also Egypt and other important areas |
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| What did most of Minoan wealth go towards? |
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| constuction of massive palaces for the elites |
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| What do historians know about Minoan civilization? |
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| unified kingdom with a hereditary ruler, bureacracy controlled all artisan production and agriculture, aristcracy of priests, warriors and merchants |
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| What types of writing did Minoans have? |
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| Linear A and Cretan Heieroglyphics |
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| When were cretan hieroglyphics used? |
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| 1625 to 1500 BCE, not fully deciphered |
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| When does Mycenean culture date back to ? |
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| What were early mycenean city states like? |
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| little more than fortresses dominated by war lords |
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| Where did most of Mycenean wealth come from in the early warrior states? |
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| piracy and plunder and trade/agriculture |
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| What well populated cities did Mycenenan civilization build? |
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| Mycenae, Thebes, Athens, Sparta |
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| What were Mycenean kings like? |
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| warriors, who led warrior aritocracies |
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| free people in Mycenean cities that had the right to own properties |
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| When was the decline of Mycenae? |
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| Why did Myceanae decline? |
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| internal warfare, cities suffered natural disasters |
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| By when did Mycenean kingdoms fall apart? |
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