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101 – MINOAN/MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION
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Bronze Age Aegean
Crete 2000 – 1450 BC
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Map of the Aegean
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Minoan Civilization
Minos Labyrinth Pasiphae Minotaur Athens Theseus Ariadne
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Thucydides Thalassocracy Sir Arthur Evans Knossos In Situ
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Throne Room at the Palace of Knossos
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Linear A
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Religion
Polytheistic Animistic Naturalistic
“Mistress of the Animals”
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Social Structure
King Royal Class Artisans Agricultural Peasants
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1450 BC Mycenaeans
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Mycenaean Civilization
1580 – 1100 BC Iliad and The Odyssey Homer 800 – 750 BC Heinrich Schliemann
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Citadels Cyclops Linear B 1100 BC Dorians Dark Age (1100 – 800 BC)