established the 1 st greek settlement 7000 b.c. on the island of crete

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The Minoans Established the 1 st Greek settlement 7000 B.C. on the island of Crete.

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The Minoans

The MinoansEstablished the 1st Greek settlement 7000 B.C. on the island of Crete.

Palace of KnossosServed as center of governmentAdministration centerReligious shrineWorkshops/ stores

Minoans raised:

Minoans farmed:PomegranatesQuincesFigsGrapesWheatPoppy

Men and women had equal social status.

Sports

Religion:Worshipped goddessesMother GoddessMistress of the animals

The Fall of the MinoansThera Eruption

The Fall of the MinoansThera EruptionFamineTrade CollapsedInvaded by Mycenaeans

Black AshBlocked out the sun, causing famine.

Trigger tsunamis wiping out port cities.

"There came a sound, as if from within the EarthZeus' hollow thunder boomed, awful to hear.The horses lifted heads towards the skyAnd pricked their ears; while strange fear fell on us,Whence came the voice. To the sea-beaten shoreWe looked, and saw a monstrous wave that soaredInto the sky, so lofty that my eyesWere robbed of seeing the Scironian cliffs.It hid the isthmus and Asclepius' rock.Then seething up and bubbling all aboutWith foaming flood and breath from the deep sea,Shoreward it came to where the chariot stood."- Euripides, The Hippolytus The Mycenaeans