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Page 1: Ancient Greece The Aegean Age & The Dark Age. Minoan Civilization Centered on Island of Crete Centered on Island of Crete Capital was Knossos Capital

Ancient Greece

The Aegean Age&

The Dark Age

Page 2: Ancient Greece The Aegean Age & The Dark Age. Minoan Civilization Centered on Island of Crete Centered on Island of Crete Capital was Knossos Capital

Minoan Civilization • Centered on Island

of Crete• Capital was Knossos• First Greek

Civilization• First European

Civilization

Page 3: Ancient Greece The Aegean Age & The Dark Age. Minoan Civilization Centered on Island of Crete Centered on Island of Crete Capital was Knossos Capital

Minoan Civilization

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Palace of Knossos (2000-1325 BCE)

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Palace at Knossos as it would have appeared in 1700-1450 BCE

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King Minos• First Thassalocracy

(sea rule)• Language was

Linear A and we haven’t translated it

• Myths of the Minotaur, Labyrinth, & Theseus

• Not sure if King Minos really existed

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Copy of the Phaistos disk, written in Linear A 1850-1600 BCE

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Fall of Minoan Culture

• Explosion of Thira wiped out coastal towns and navy of Minoans

• Ash ruined crops• Conquered by

mainland Greeks

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Mycenaean Civilization• Traded throughout

the Mediterranean• Famous for their

large, treasure filled tombs

• Greeks that fought in the Trojan War

• Warlike

Treasury of Atreus

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Mycenaean Civilization

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Treasury of Atreus

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Fall of Mycenae• Mycenaean lands

invaded by sea raiders called Dorians

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Dark Age of Greece• Lasted 350 years• Writing disappeared• Oral History became

important• Creation of Greek

myths• Time of Homer and

his great works the Iliad and Odyssey


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