Seafaring traders Extend Boundaries

Chapter 3 Section 3 Vocabulary

Minoans • A seafaring people who lived primarily on the

island of Crete in the Aegean Sea. The Minoans dominated trade in the Eastern Mediterranean from 2000 to 1400 B.C.

• The Minoans are the first civilization of Ancient Greece.

Aegean Sea

An arm of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between Greece and Turkey. It was a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete, Greece, Rome, and Persia.

Export• Goods and / or services which are produced in

one country and sold in another.

• Example: Some vegetables are grown in the U.S. by U.S. farmers but are sent overseas to be sold.

Knossos

• An ancient city on the island of Crete where culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC. Capital of the Minoan civilization.

Phoenicians• A seafaring people who lived in city-states along

the eastern Mediterranean Sea. • They had an alphabet based on symbols for

sounds. • Known for setting up colonies all over the

Mediterranean world, and as far away as Africa.

Phoenicians CONT.