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32 Cards in this Set
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Minoan bullfighting
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bull-leaping
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Maze
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labyrinth
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Material made from thin animal skin used for windows and as paper
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Parchment
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Sacred places to worship
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shrines
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Square room in the center of a Mycenean Palace
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megaron
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Peple who live and work on someone else's land
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tenants
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war between citizens of one nation
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civil war
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young Greek prince brought to Knossos to be sacrificed to the minotaur
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Theseus
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a huge monster the king kept in the labyrinth in the palace
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Minotaur
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Greek poet who wrote a long poems about the Trojan War called the Illiad and the odyssey
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Homer
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Mycenean hero of the Trojan War
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Odysseus
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wife of the Mycenean King who was taken from her husband who was mad and she went off with Paris, soon returning
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Helen
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Surplus
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traded__________, or extra amount of grapes, olives, and wheat for goods they couldn't grow on their islandss
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sporting events
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Women performed household duties and attended________
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boxing
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Both_________matches and_____________ events were held in the arenas
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__________ was one of the largest cities on the island of Crete
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Knossos
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brightly colored paintings using water colors
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frescos
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passageways and rooms of the palace formed
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labyrinth
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Wooden doors and windows were made of tinted__________, or thin animal skin
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parchment
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Rulers of Crete
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Priest-kings
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Minoans were________, or worshiped many gods
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polytheistic
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Minoans built_____________, or sacred palaces, on hilltops, caves, housetops, and palaces
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shrines
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_________ and _____________ are both sacred
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lily-----double ax
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double ax symbolized the primary goddess ________
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Mother Earth
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In about 1400b.c, control of the Meditteranean went from ______________ to _________________
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Minoans to the Mycenaeans
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square room with fireplace in the middle
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Megron
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Land Owners gave the king horses,chariots,weapons, and wheatin exchange for___________
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Protection
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Minoans learned how to build
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the Minoan ships
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they used oil for
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cooking,burning as lamp fuel, and to rubtheir bodies, and to make more money
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The trojan war began in
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1250b.c
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conquered areas ofGreece
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Dorians
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ignorance of how to read and write
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Illiteracy
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