Monday, September 30, 2013

The Minoans and Myceneans

1) were did Minoans live? Crete islands

2) The Minoans grew olives and grapes and known for trading.

3) the Spots Minoans liked were boxing and bull leaping

4) The Labryinth was a giant maze

5) How Minoans got in there houses was by going in and out through their roofs

6) the dove, the lilly, and also the double axe

7) The legend was that Thesius was being sacrificed to the minotaur but the princes gave him a magical sword that would allow him to kill the minotaur, but only if Thesius would marry her.

6) The Myceneans built palaces that were later used on hilltops instead of cities.

7) The war was described as being fought over a woman.

8) They had to leave because the wars had ruined the Myceneans empire allowing the next one to take over.

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