Cycladic Civilization

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Cycladic Civilization The Aegean c. 3000-1100 BCE Cycladic Civilization

Cyclades

Cycladic Civilization (c. 3000-11th century BCE)

Female Cycladic Idol, from Amorgos c.2700-2300 BCE Early Bronze Age

Figurine of a woman, from a grave in Syros, (Cyclades) Greece, (c. 2500-2300 BCE)

Male Cycladic flute player from Keros c.2700-2300 BCE Early Bronze Age

Male Lyre Player, from Keros (Cyclades) Greece, c. 2700-2500 BCE.

Minoan Civilization (c.3000-1100)

Reconstruction of the Palace of Knossos c. 1600-1400 BCE Reconstructed porticos of the north entrance passage with fresco Architect Dedalos It had such complexity that no one placed in it could ever find its exit.

Minoan Woman or goddess, from the palace at Knossos, Crete, Greece, c. 1450-1400 BCE

Toreador Fresco, from Knossos, Crete. (c. 1500 BCE) Minoan Civilization

Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete, The Queen’s megaron, Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete, c. 1600-1400BCE Minoan period \\\\\\\

View of the “Throne Room” Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete (c.1600-1400 BCE) Minoan

Theran Volcano Eruption 1628 BCE. Major climatic change from Greenland to Egypt.

Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), from Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades, Greece, c. 1650 BCE

Snake Goddess, from Knossos, Crete c. 1600 BCE Minoan

Upper Part of the Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada, Crete (c Upper Part of the Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada, Crete (c. 1650-1450) BCE Minoan

Octopus Vase, from Palaikastro, Crete, (c. 1500) BCE Minoan

Ship Fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera, (c. 1500-1650) BCE Theran

Papyrela, boats made from papyrus

Boxing Children, from Akrotiri, Thera, (c. 1650-1500) BCE Minoan/ Theran

Mycenaean Civilization (c. 1600-1100 BCE)

1300-1200 BCE - Trojan War (?) 750-700 BCE - Homer writes Iliad &Odyssey

Goddess from the Citadel of Mycenae, (c. 1200 BCE) Mycenaean Crocus Gatherer, from Thera, Pre 1500 BCE Theran

Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, c. 1600-1650, Buried with the Mycenaean kings to attest to their wealth, Lion hunters are Minoan style, metal work is Near Eastern.

Mask of Agamemnon, from Mycenaean c. 1500 BCE, Mycenaean

Minoan and Mycenaean cups, from Vapheio. (c. 16th Century BCE) Minoan or Mycenaean or both

Three Methods of Spanning passageways Post and Lintel Corbelled Arch Round Arch, already Popular in the Near East.

Lion Gate, Mycenae 1300 BCE, Mycenae