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- figure of women- aegean: Cyclaidc- 2500BCE
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- Palace of knosses- Aegean: Minoan- ca. 1700-1400 BC
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- Torreador Fresco ( Bull leaping fresco)- Aegean: Minoan -ca. 1500bc
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- Spring fresco from thera ( landscape with flowers)- Aegean: minoan - 1650bc( must be before ca. 1650bc)
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- octopus vase- Aegean: Minoan- 1500 BC
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- snake goddess- aegean: Minoan - Ca. 1650 Bc
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- lion of mycenae- Aegean: mycenaen.1250 BCE ( the site in use between 1600-1200 BCE; the relif prob ca.1250)
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- Tresuary of atreus- Aegean: Myceanean- ca. 1300 BCE
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- Funerary Mask ( sometimes called the mask of agamemnon)- Ca.1500 BCE- Aegean: Mycenaean
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- dagger with lion hunt- Agean: mycenaen- ca. 1600-1550 BCE
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The aegean sea lies between these two modern countries
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- Greece and turkey
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The centre of minoan culture seems to have been the island now called
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Crete
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The anceint greek historian thucydides descirbes the minonians as Thalassocracy, which means
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- marine empire
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The palace of knossos was the legendary home of this mythical king
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Mines
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The existence of so many minian palaces in crete might suggest
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- the island was divided into many very small kingdoms
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