The Causes And Consequences Of The Minoans

One may ask, who are the Minoans? Well they are considered by many Historians and Archeologists to be the first great European Civilization. Some people believed that this was the mythical land of Atlantis. They were located near the Aegean Sea and lands such as Greece, Troy and Asia Minor. One interesting fact is that these people never called themselves the Minoans. There wasn’t any name listed in the history books for these people but the Ancient Crete Civilization. They were known as the Crete Civilization because they lived on the island of Crete which is now part of Greece. It wasn’t until a 19th century British Archeologist, Sir Author Evans gave them the name, The Minoans. He gave them this name because he believed he had found the legendary palace of King Minos. There has been many civilization collapses over the World’s history, but most can be explained in great detail. There are some that are very mysterious and not definitively explained. The collapse of the Minoan people happens to be one of those mysterious collapses which ranks 3rd in the top ten most mysterious collapses of the world and is still to this day debated on what actually caused their demise. There are many factors that go into the collapse of a civilization, but this kind of catastrophe doesn’t just happen in a blink of an eye this is something that happens over a long period of time. This paper will touch on the climate and environment, the time period and culture, how they became

In our society today, culture is not what it used to be hundreds of years ago. There is no more “pure” culture. Our culture today is enriched with many different traditions and customs that are being shared and adopted. Due to emigration and immigration, a variety of diverse customs, beliefs, and knowledge moved with every exiting and entering human being. Thus, changing and shaping the culture of many. Throughout the world, the beliefs and religious views of culture are dissimilar around the world. By taking the time to read, listen and learn about certain people’s culture, there will be knowledge and understanding that will be gained.

In our cultures observed in module, All cultures believed their creators created the earth and the humans in different ways. They viewed their creators as unworldly gods and worshiped them individually. Where the raven in the Inuit culture was praised for more naturalistic reasons, such as food and homage, the Mayan and Puritan cultures praised for gift of life and superior knowledge.

Those three groups had their own set of religious behaviors. Those behaviors included animal sacrifice, human sacrifice, ritual sex, and ritual abstinence. Other behaviors emerged that may not be considered religious behaviors but instead, ‘ways of life’, but are worth mentioning since they developed over time along with the religious behaviors and played a major role in the lives of the early humans and shaping evolution. Those ‘ways of life’ include: shamanism, priesthood, matriarchy, patriarchy, Apollonian and Dionysian. We can better understand the religious behaviors of the different cultures only after we identify the pattern of culture, or traits, each one exhibited.

Before humans had any knowledge to base their beliefs on, they would find many extreme ways to demonstrate their love for their gods. Many different society's and cultures had a variety of different ways in which they proceeded in doing this. The significance of these acts, is the notorious impact that it has made, today, on our everyday lives. Through worshipping, sacrifices, labor, and preparations for the afterlife, these civilizations set a defined precedent for the way we live our life.

Indigenous religions exist in every climate around the world and exhibit a wide range of differences in their stories, language, customs, and views of the afterlife. Within indigenous communities, religion, social behavior, art, and music are so intertwined that their religion is a significant part of their culture and virtually inseparable from it. These religions originally developed and thrived in isolation from one another and are some of the earliest examples of religious practice and belief. The modern world; however, has taken its toll on these groups and many of their stories, customs, and beliefs have been lost to, or replaced by, those brought in as a result of popular culture and the missionary work of Christians and Muslims.

When king minos son Androgenus was killed by the minotaur while trying to fight it

Minoan culture is steeped in mystery, and scholarly theories swirl around the limited, archeology-based knowledge we have of these ancient Cretans. The ancient world is a slick and slippery place for historians due to the lack of records, and we must ultimately admit that we do not and cannot know the truth of those worlds. We

The Minoan society was located on the island of Crete around 2200 BCE. They were the center of maritime trade during this time as well. The Minoans used an undeciphered syllabic alphabet called Linear A. A decline in their society was caused by a series of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,and tidal waves. Foreign invasions started to take place because they wanted the Minoans riches. They were almost completely dominated by foreign forces by 1100 BCE. The Mycenaean people flourished around the same time as the Minoans. The Mycenaean took Linear A and mixed it with their own language to for a written language known as Linear B. There was military expansion throughout the region, and they engage in a conflict with troy, called the Trojan War around 1200 BCE. Because of this war, there was chaos throughout the region from about 1100 to 800 BCE. This causes political instability in the area, so people migrate out, and the Mycenaean civilization disappears along with Linear A and Linear B.

The historians believed that the downfall of the Minoan civilization was because a volcano erupted and then a tsunami hit them to.

The Mycenaean civilization flourished in the late Bronze Age, from the 15th to the 13th century BCE and extended its influence not only throughout the Peloponnese in Greece but also across the Aegean, in particular, on Crete and the Cycladic islands. The fall of the Minoans and Mycenaeans was part of what some scholars see as a general collapse of Bronze Age civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean, including the end of the Egyptian New Kingdom and the fall of the Hittite Empire. More importantly, the Minoans and Mycenaeans brought advancing civilization to mainland Europe and are considered by many as the founders of a great Greek civilization to come.

There were three unique cultures, we studied this semester that had rich religious practices. Each culture had their own beliefs, that developed the way they lived. Which in turn established their literature, fine arts, politics and any philosophy they might of had. The first culture I’ll discuss is the Ancient Egyptians, who lived in Africa. Second culture I’ll discuss are the Ancient Greeks, who were located in the Mediterranean Sea. Then lastly, I’ll discuss the Ancient Romans, who polished and used the culture of Hellenic from the Ancient Greeks.

Beginning from the migrating of the first Indo-European to the Aegean regions, the advantages of this land developed a prosperity civilization, the Minoans. It was one of the wealthiest territories of the Ancient Greece. Locating on the largest islands – Crete of the Mediterranean Sea, Minoan civilization was “heyday” from 2000 to 1500 BCE. It allowed they built the most largest and magnificent palace, Knossos. Minoans was named from the mistake of Sir Arthur Evans at the 19th century. The opening seas helped them just only to focus on maritime trade and sea logistics. They became as a bridge trading in regions, create a vast amounts of trading and commercial. It helped the Minoans having a strong economy and widespread wealth. It attracted

The Minoan civilization occurred in the Aegean Bronze age between 3650 and 1400 BCE in Crete and Aegean Islands. Minoans were fundamentally mercantile people who practiced trade overseas (Minoan.com, n.d.). The Island of Crete is mountainous and in the ancient times the island experienced a lot of earthquakes, winter storms and volcanic eruptions. As these natural occurrences reduced Minoans adopted agriculture where they raised cattle, pigs, goats and sheep for food (Lambert, n.d.). They also farmed chickpeas, barley, wheat, figs, grapes, olives and vetch. Farmers used tools such as wooden plows that were tied by leather strips to wooden handles and were drawn by oxen or donkeys. As a highly organized society, the Minoans lived in small villages

Write a paragraph or two about either the Egyptian or Mesopotamian religion. Comment on such things as the nature of the religious faith, major deities, aspects of the religion, and their views of the afterlife.