Overlapping Theology across Civilizations

Art, social standing, architecture, religion, and more are things people nowadays live by. They started from somewhere, got interpreted by different classifications of people, and made into their own. They molded the lives of the people of the ancient times and they still do today. Religion, in my perspective, played the biggest role in the development in civilization and has been in many cultures, regardless of time. The Minoans had a love for art. Their skills were apparent in their “brilliantly painted pottery, superb jewelry ... and the many exquisitely carved stones” but religion overshadowed that (Cunningham and Lawrence 22). The Greeks that came after the Minoans had similar standings with art, if not better, and religion. The Minoans and Greeks had obvious skills in cultural art but most interestingly, both looked up to an all powerful God that was able to change form when needed to.
When looking back, the Minoans and Greeks mostly thrived on male influence and dominance except when it came to religion. The Minoans proved this as their “central figure of [the] Minoan religion was a mother goddess” (Cunningham and Lawrence 23). Ancient Greek culture wasn't in direct correlation to this as their Gods vary from male to female depending on what humans were praying for. A very powerful God that people in ancient Greece sacrificed and prayed to was Zeus. These different types of religious practices directly influenced their respective cultures in different ways. The Greeks, had varying views depending on the city you went to. This is because there were several views on which Gods to worship. Although the mainstream belief was that Zeus was the all powerful God with the most control, each city-state was slightly different in their views on the hierarchy of deities. On the other side of the spectrum, the Minoans stayed focused on their one mother goddess. This goddess was motherly and connected to fertility, seeing why she’s topples in her sculptures. She