The Minoan Civilization lives were very peaceful. The government did not turn their back on the poor but they actually looked out for their less fortunate people. Women were not treated as minority but as equals. The kind ruled his people inspired by the grace of the God’s (Mahdavi‚ 2012). The king also shared his governing powers with priest and the bureaucrats. They took great pride in their art work which glorified their kings‚ pharaohs and the prominent members of their household (Mahdavi‚ 2012)
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Minoan Society: Archaeological and written evidence The Minoans are one of the most interesting societies that one could ever study. Their archaeological remains are colourful and curious‚ their lives seemed to have been as sunny as their surrounding climate and as beautiful as their island—but was this really so? When we try to investigate Minoan society we encounter a number of problems regarding evidence. Because the climate is frequently wet‚ most of the perishable evidence has disappeared
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a) With reference to source A and your own knowledge‚ describe Minoan religious symbols. Religion played a fundamental role in the lives of the Minoan Crete‚ illustrated amongst reoccurring religious symbols eminent throughout their everyday life. A vast majority of Minoan religion remains unknown or unable to interpret‚ yet facts such as the religion being of polytheistic nature and possible cult practices existing within the religion is interpreted from evidence recovered archaeologically. Based
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Religion plays a big role in day to day life. That was just as true a few thousand years ago when Greek society was just budding. To fully understand Greek religion and its affect on the culture we must go back to the origin of both‚ examine both as they were developed‚ and look at the stories and aspects of both‚ individually and as a whole. Greek religion’s exact origin is vague and presumed unclear. However‚ it is known it started in Mycenae‚ an area at the foot of Greece along the
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New knowledge about the Minoan culture has been revealed in the Island of Crete. In the video‚ Sandy McGillivray believes that the Knossos palace‚ the largest Cretan palace‚ was more of a temple rather than a palace to harness the power of the sun. He realized that each of the doorways aligns with the rising sun on different key days of the year‚ and believes that it is a solar temple‚ like the Egyptians who worshipped the sun‚ moon‚ and stars. In the palace‚ there were many potteries and fresco
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characteristics of the Minoan civilization were the creation of a palace society. These were enormous multi-room/multi-level structures in which resided the rulers and their families‚ servants‚ as well as religious/economic/governmental administrators. The public lived in homes next to one another that surrounded each palace. Some of these settlements were so populated that they easily could have been classified as cities. The largest palace society built is the one at Knossos. Unfortunately‚ Minoan settlements
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Minoan Pottery Minoan pottery is found around the Aegean Sea which is an arm in the Mediterranean. . The earliest pottery from the Minoan civilization focuses with practicality and function. Later‚ as the styles mature‚ the pieces become more refined and sophisticated. There are three phases of Minoan pottery. Early‚ 3650-2160 BCE‚ Middle‚ 2160-1600 BCE‚ and Late‚ 1600-1070 BCE. Each phase correspond with cultural shifts within the civilization. Some phases build on previously styles. As the
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The Minoans‚ like many other early communities‚ had set ritualistic practices for burying their deceased. Inhumations were given as respect to the dead. They were placed in the foetal position‚ maybe so they could be born again. The bodies were often buried with their possessions so that they could take them to the afterlife and be supplied for a new life. However they believed that once the flesh had gone from the body then the possessions were worthless and were often cleaned out or moved to storage
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poetry and music. Crete was the centre of Europe’s first advanced civilisation‚ the Minoan . This civilization wrote in the undeciphered script known as Linear A. Early Cretan history is replete with legends such as those of King Minos‚ Theseus and the Minotaur‚ passed on orally via poets such as Homer. Their commercial contact with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia undeniably influenced their own culture‚ and the Minoan
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Discuss the design and function of the Minoan palaces with emphasis on the palace of Knossos. The design and function of the Minoan palaces found throughout Crete enable modern day archaeologists to help determine possibilities of what life was like and how the civilization was portrayed as a group and society. What is known about Minoan palaces is based purely on what we know as archaeological findings and here say from various archaeologists throughout more recent years. From what little information
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