Notes on early

Greek civilizations

TITLE CORNELL NOTES-

BRONZE AGE; THE MINOANS

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TITLE CORNELL NOTES BRONZE
AGE- THE MINOANS
objective Learn who the first greeks
were and what their legacy
is.
NOTES on bronze age
WHO WERE 

THE
MINOANS? 


 Who were the  Known as cretans
Minoans?  Farmers and traders
 Grew wheat, barley,
grapes , olives
 Cash crops traded-
olives and grapes,
and tin
 Ship builders
 Earned living from sea
 First seafaring
civilization
WHAT
WERE THE
PEOPLE
LIKE?
 What
were the  Small,athletic, liked
people like? jewelry,
 Women worked at
home, also hunted
 Men farmed, fished,
hunted, loved
sporting events,
 Bullleaping favorite
sport
 Boxing also favorite
 WHAT WERE THEIR CITIES LIKE?
 What were their  Palace at center of city
cities like?  Largest city - Knossos
 Largest palace called
house of the double
axe. 1500 rooms- means
“labyrinth”
 Very advanced – indoor
plumbing
 No walls around cities
 Sea and navy protected
them
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Bellwork – make cornell terms
titled minoans:bronze age
1.Minos 6. Labyrinth
2.Cretan 7. Crete

3.Ariadne 8. Knossos

4.Aegeus 9. Legacy

5.Theseus 10. Tribute

 

1.
2.
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 WHATKIND OF RELIGION DID
THEY HAVE?
 What was  Run by Priest kings
their  Made laws
religion?  Represented gods on earth
 Talked to gods on mt. Jukas
 Polytheistic
 Main god was Mother Earth
 Certain things sacred
 Lily
–sacred flower
 Double axe- power of
Mother earth and king
 Dove- sacred bird

 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MINOANS?
 What  Not certain
happened  Fall came from story of
to Theseus and Minotaur.
Minoans?  Same say earthquake,
volcanic eruption and
tsunami.
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agenda
 Listenedto the story of Theseus and minotaur
and finished notes on the Minoans.
Bellwork – 10-28-09
 TURN THESE QUESTIONS INTO STATEMENTS
skip lines.
 Title sheet of paper The Minoans
 1. The Minoans lived during what age?
 2. Where did the Minoans live and what
were they known as?
 3. What were the Minoans the first to do?
 4. What surplus made the Minoans rich?
(metal)
 5. What were the two sports they enjoyed?
 6. What story led archaeologists to find the
civilization of the Minoans?
 GREEK
 GEOGRAPHY

 GEOGRAPHY TERMS
 GEOGRAPHY NOTES
 GREEK MAP
 MAP RULES
 COVER SHEET
 GREEKS WORKSHEET
NOTEBOOK ORDER

 THE BRONZE AGE
MINOANS


 BRONZE AGE NOTES
 BRONZE AGE TERMS
 THESEUS CROSSWORD PUZZLE
 BRONZE AGE QUESTIONS.
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HEROIC AGE
MYCENEANS
Bronze age terms
 GREEK HERO OF ATHENS – DEFEATED THE
MINOTAUR
 A MAZE LIKE THE ONE IN CRETE- also meaning
of “house of the double axe”
 1ST SEAFARING CIVILIZATION
 KING OF CRETE FATHER OF MINOTAUR
 FATHER OF THESEUS- AEGEAN SEA NAMED
AFTER HIM
More terms
 What the Minoans were known as
 Largest city in crete- home of minotaur
 Daughter of Minos who helped Theseus kill the
minotaur
 A payment of some sort from a conquered
nation to the conquering nation. Usually
money
 Something handed down from the past.

OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE- COMPARE
THE MINOANS TO THE
MYCENAEANS
New notes- heroic age; the
mycenaeans
 Who were the Mycenaeans?
AGENDA
 ORGANIZED NOTEBOOK
 DID MINOAN QUESTIONS
 DEFINED BRONZE AGE TERMS
Notes on Heroic Age
 Whowere the 1.Came from grasslands
Myceneans? north of black sea-
russian.
2.Warriors built fortress
palaces with walls
around them.
3.Enslaved people to work
the land.
4.Hunters rather than
farmers.

 How did the Minoans affect the Mycenaeans?
 How did the 1.Myceneans copied gold and
Minoans bronze work.
influence 2.Were taught how to build
the ships and navigate.
Myceneans? 3.Started to grow olives and
began trading.
4.Outfitted pirate fleets and
raided lands rather than
trade.
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 WHAT CAUSED THE DARK AGES?

 Whatcaused  1. after trojan war civil
the Dark wars broke out.
Ages?  2. Civil wars destroyed
fortress palaces.
 3. Dorians invaded
greece.
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