 Crete  2000 – 1450 BC 2 3  Minos  Labyrinth  Pasiphae  Minotaur  Athens  Theseus  Ariadne 4.

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 Crete  2000 – 1450 BC 2

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 Minos  Labyrinth  Pasiphae  Minotaur  Athens  Theseus  Ariadne 4

 Thucydides  Thalassocracy  Sir Arthur Evans  Knossos  In Situ 5

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 Polytheistic  Animistic  Naturalistic  “Mistress of the Animals” 8

 King  Royal Class  Artisans  Agricultural Peasants 9

 1450 BC  Mycenaeans 10

 1580 – 1100 BC  Iliad and The Odyssey  Homer  800 – 750 BC  Heinrich Schliemann 11

 Citadels  Cyclops  Linear B  1100 BC  Dorians  Dark Age(1100 – 800 BC) 12