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Seafaring Traders

Discover the enigmatic Minoan civilization through their powerful seafaring influence, advanced culture, and trade practices. Learn about Knossos, King Minos, and their impact on Greece. Explore the rise and fall of this brilliant civilization and the Phoenicians' spread of culture through ancient trade routes.

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Seafaring Traders

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  1. Seafaring Traders CHAPTER 3 SECTION 3

  2. Key Terms • Minoans • Aegean Sea • Knossos • King Minos • Phoenicians

  3. Minoans Trade in The Mediterrean • Minoans-powerful seafaring people • Aegean Sea-surrounds island of Crete • Exported art and culture • Had influence on Greece • Architecture, burial customs, religious rituals

  4. Unearthing Brilliant Civilization • Knossos-Minoan capital city • Peaceful, no fortifications • Advanced and thriving culture • King Minos-was king who owned a half human half bull Minotaur

  5. Unearthing a Brilliant Civlization • Knossos had painted walls • Official seals • vases • Athletic people • Boxing • Wrestling • Bull leaping • Women held a high rank

  6. Unearthing a Brilliant civilization • Mother goddess rule over all gods • Priestess took charge of some shrines • Sacrificed bulls and animals • Carried out human sacrifices

  7. Minoans Culture’s Mysterious End • Ended 1200 BC • 1700 BC earthquake destroys Minoan cities • 1470 BC earthquakes rock Crete • Tidal waves • Rain of ash • Fiery volcanic blast • Invaders from Greece take over

  8. Phoenicians Spread Civilization • Phoenicians- powerful traders along the Mediterranean • Mainly now in Lebanon • Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon trading centers • Write on papyrus • Simplified alphabet

  9. Ancient Trade Routes • Mediterranean and world trading centers • 30 miles apart • Land routes • Afghanistan • India • Persia • Gulf of the Red Sea • Used monsoon winds to cross Arabian sea

  10. Phoenicia's Greatest Legacy • Merchants needed a way to record transactions • Writing system where symbols represented sounds • Alphabet comes from two letters alpha and beta • Greeks adopted it and changed some of the letters

  11. Ancient Trade Routes • India traders used monsoon winds to southeast Asia, and Indonesia • Trade routes ensured exchange of products and information • Religion • Art, ways of living • Cultural diffusion

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