1. Seafaring Traders
Chapter 3
Section 2

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
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
Land routes
Afghanistan
India
Perisa
Gulf of the Red Sea
Used monsoon winds to cross Arabian sea

10. 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