Vocab 1
This is the writing system of the Minoans.
Linear A
This was the writing system of the Mycenaeans.
Linear B
These large pottery vessels stored food, water, or oil.
Pithos/pithoi
Toward the end of their period, the Mycenaeans fought in this war, which used to be regarded as mythical.
Trojan War
This is a double-headed axe and an important symbol for the Minoans.
Labrys
This island was home to the Minoans.
Crete
This famous British archaeologist was the first to excavate a Minoan palace.
Sir Arthur Evans
This time period followed the end of the Mycenaean period.
Greek Dark Age
This was the great hall in a Mycenaean palace.
Megaron
This means "high city"
Acropolis
This was the largest Minoan palace.
Knossos
Mycenaean kings were buried in this kind of tomb.
Tholos
Both Minoan and Mycenaean palaces were decorated with this painting technique.
Frescoes
This term means growing multiple crops in the same area, at the same time.
Polyculture
This ritual was important to the Minoans and commonly appears in their art.
Bull-leaping
The migration of these people into Greece contributed to the decline of the Mycenaeans.
Dorians
Volcanic eruption on this island led to the downfall of the Minoans.
Thera/Santorini
This Mycenaean Greek word means "king"
Wanax
This term means "sea power"
Thalassocracy
The downfall of the Mycenaeans happened during what large event that affected much of the Mediterranean and Near East?
Bronze Age Collapse
These three scholars made contributions to decoding Linear B. (Other students can help with this question)
Alice Kober,
Emmett L. Bennett,
Michael Ventris