Minoans & Mycenaeans
The year the Minoan Culture formed.
What was 2200BC?
The Canaanites of the Bible were also called this.
Who were the Phoenicians?
The Trojan War began.
What was the year 1250 BC?
Who was Homer?
The very first Olympic running event took place.
What happened in 776BC?
On the coasts of the Island of Crete where farm land was rich and fishing was good.
Where did the Minoans build their towns?
The color red.
What does Phoinos mean?
The poem written about the Trojan War.
What is the Iliad?
The highest god in Greek mythology.
Who was Zeus?
Pureblooded Greek men.
Who were allowed to be in the Olympics?
The Mycenaeans had these characteristics.
What was warlike and commercial?
The Phoenician Alphabet.
What was the greatest influence of the Phoenician Civilization?
It was a "gift" to Athena that the Greeks made and left at the gates of Troy.
What was the Wooden Horse?
They were like humans, but were more powerful and lived forever.
What were the gods like?
A colorful procession took place along with sacrifices.
What happened on Day 1 of the Olympics?
In the city of Knossos on the Island of Crete.
Where did the Minoans build the largest palace?
The red dye from phoinos that made their economy so good.
Where did the name Phoenicia come from?
30 soldiers including Odysseus.
Who hid inside the wooden horse?
When Homer first wrote down his poems.
What happened in 900 BC?
An olive branch wreath crown and honor.
What did the Olympic Victors win?
A heavily fortified hilltop stronghold used for defense.
What is a citadel?
30 and 0.
How many consonants and vowels were in the Phoenician alphabet?
The Greeks did this after 10 years of battle.
Who won the Trojan War?
The Greeks did this by myths and legends.
How did the Greeks explain creation and the world around them?
The Roman Emperor Theodosius I in 394 AD.
Who stopped the Ancient Olympics and when did this happen?