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Rise and Fall of Aegean Civilizations

Explore the adventurous Minoan Civilization on Crete, known for fishing, trading, and early writing systems. Discover how they worshiped the Mother Goddess and their decline due to natural disasters. Learn about the Mycenaeans' bronze technology and role in Greek society, leading to the Trojan War and Dorian invasion, ushering in the "Dark Ages" in Greece.

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Rise and Fall of Aegean Civilizations

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  1. Kingdoms in the Aegean

  2. Civilizations spread out • New technology – ex. Plow • Adventurous

  3. Minoan Civilization • Island of Crete • Fishing and trading • Writing • Linear A – could not decipher • Linear B – Indo-European speaking groups, earlier form to Greek

  4. Society • Rulers of various palaces governed all aspects of Minoan society • Nobility had indoor running water • Were not war like people • Men and women equal status

  5. Religion • Mother Goddess – Fertility • Music, dance and prayer • Bloodless sacrifices • Natural cycle of life

  6. Minoan decline • Thera volcano • Earthquake • Volcanic ash • Tidal wave • Mycenaeans

  7. Mycenaeans • 6000 B.C.E. • Farming communities • 3000 B.C.E. • Learned to make and use bronze • 2000 B.C.E. • Indo-European speaking migrants from Asia Minor or Balkans

  8. Society • Cities – Athens, Pylos • Warrior-kings, supported by nobles • Destroyed Minoan cities • Best example of life taken from the Iliad and Odyssey by Greek poet Homer • Zeus

  9. Decline • 1200 B.C.E. • Cities destroyed by earthquakes • Warfare among cities • Trojan War • Migration of Indo-Europeans • Dorians

  10. Dorians • Pastoralists • Conquered people were made servants and farmed • Scorned city life • Greece enters into the “Dark Ages” • Little to no trade, culture and identity

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