1. Early People of the AegeanCh
Early People of the Aegean

2. Minoans Trade and Prosper
Crete - Island in the Aegean Sea
People called Minoans
Success of Minoans based on trade
Traded with Egypt and Mesopotamia
Learned from them writing and architecture

3. Minoan Art at Knossos Palace at Knossos give idea of Minoan life
Palace covered with frescoes, watercolor painting done in plaster
Women appeared to have more rights then women in any other ancient civilization

4. Knossos

5. Minoan Civilization Disappears
1400 B.C. Minoan civilization had vanished
Don’t know why
Attack
Volcano
Earthquake
Mycenaeans, first Greek-speaking people whom we have written records, intruded on the Minoans

6. Sea Trade Brings Wealth
-Dominated the Aegean world from B.C.
-Sea Traders
-Reached out to Italy, Egypt, and Mesopotamia
-Many skills learned from the Minoans
-Mycenaeans lived in separate city-states protected by walls
-Ruled by warrior-kings

7. The Trojan War Took place around 1250 B.C. Fight with the Troy Legend
Now day Turkey
Over straits or narrow passage between Mediterranean and Black seas
Legend
Trojan Paris kidnaps Helen
Mycenaeans go to rescue her

8. Video
Youtube.