Minoan
Mycenaean
War
Vocabulary
100

Island of Crete

Where di the Minoans live?

100

Mainland

Where did they live?

100

Wealthy Nobles

Fought in War

100

a piece of land nearly surrounded by water

what is a peninsula?

200

Minoan's Civilization

What is the 1st civilization?

200

Civil wars and earthquakes

what ended the civilization?

200

A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged in close rows.

What is a phalanx?

200

someone who writes or performs epic poems and stories about heroes and their deeds.

What is a Bard?

300
An important economic activity

What is trade?

300

Earth Mother

Minoan's chief god that the Mycenaean Kingdom also worshipped

300

A group of people living in a new territory  who have ties to their homeland.

What is a colony

400

Egypt and Syria

Where did the Minoans sail to trade and sell?

400

A Greek city-state

What is a Polis?

500
pottery and stone vases

ivory and metals

what they traded and got

500

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece.

What is an Agora?