1. Cycladic Civilization
The Aegean
c BCE
Cycladic Civilization

2. Cyclades

3. Cycladic Civilization
(c th century BCE)

4. Female Cycladic Idol,
from Amorgos
c BCE
Early Bronze Age

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

6. Male Cycladic
flute player from Keros
c BCE
Early Bronze Age

7. Male Lyre Player,
from Keros (Cyclades)
Greece,
c BCE.

8. Minoan Civilization (c.3000-1100)

9. 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.

11. Minoan Woman or goddess, from the palace at Knossos, Crete, Greece,
c BCE

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

14. Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete,
The Queen’s megaron,
Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete,
c BCE
Minoan period
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15. View of the “Throne Room” Palace of Minos,
Knossos, Crete (c BCE) Minoan

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

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

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

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

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

23. Ship Fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera,
(c ) BCE
Theran

26. Papyrela, boats made from papyrus

27. Boxing Children,
from Akrotiri, Thera,
(c ) BCE
Minoan/ Theran

28. Mycenaean Civilization
(c BCE)

29. BCE - Trojan War (?)
BCE - Homer writes Iliad &Odyssey

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

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

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

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

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

35. Lion Gate, Mycenae
1300 BCE,
Mycenae