trade in the eastern part of the mediterranean. the minoans dominated trade in the eastern...
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Trade in the eastern part of the
Mediterranean
The Minoans
• Dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean from 2000 BCE-1400 BCE
• Produced fine pottery• Traded pottery, swords, figurines, and vessels of precious metals• Also exported their art and culture including architecture, burial
customs, and religious rituals• Greatly influenced Greece• Crete became a stepping stone for cultural exchange
throughout the Mediterranean
Bull Leapers at Knossos
Depiction of women as Mother Nature goddesses.
Priestesses took charge of some of the shrines.
Human sacrifices
Trading Peoples
Aramaeans
Phoenicians
• Phoenicians– Colonies– Alphabet– Purple Dye
Carthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest ColonyCarthage: Phoenicia’s Mightiest Colony
Muryx Shell and
Purple Dye
Byblos—Home of the Alphabet
Lydians
Hebrews
• Information comes from archaeological digs, Egyptian and Assyrian royal annals, and the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament– not written down until 5th century BCE– Point of view of priests of the Temple of Jerusalem– Disagreement by historians as to the degree of
accuracy
Judaism
• Monotheistic• “Do unto others”• 10 commandments• Yahweh-“I am”• Afterlife not the focus of the religion
1900 BCE
Israelites and Abraham
Moses and the Exodus
1200’s BCE
•Moses leads Israelites out of Egypt
•Renews covenant with God
Route of the Exodus
Temple Mount in Jerusalem Today
Solomon’s Temple Wall—Wailing Wall
Israelites in Captivity
Israelites
Torah—first five books of the Hebrew Bible
approx. 400’s BCE
Cyrus the Great580-529 BCE
• 537 BCE allowed over 40,000 Jews to return to Palestine
Darius the Great526-485 BCE
• Built Persepolis• Extended empire to Indus River—2
million square miles• Established tax collecting system• Divided empire into satrapies• Royal road• Postal system• Network of spies
Persepolis
Zoroaster“Zarathustra”
570 BCEGood vs. Evil
Ahura Mazda vs. Ahriman “Good thoughts, good words,
good deeds”
Extent of Zoroastrianism