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27 Cards in this Set
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Kamares ware is from ____________, the seat of Minoan culture.
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- Crete
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In the megaron, libations were poured from a ceremonial ____________.
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- Rhyton
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The people of ____________ produced abstracted representations of human figures that would later influence modern art.
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- The Cyclades
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The Mask of Agamemnon was found in a ____________.
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- Shaft grave
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Tombs were given much greater prominence in ____________.
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- Helladic cultures than in Minoan or Cycladic cultures.
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The room at the heart of Mycenaean Citadels was called the ____________.
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- Megaron
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____________ was referred to in later Greek legends as the Labyrinth, or "House of the Double Axes."
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- The Knossos "Palace"
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Woman or Goddess with Snakes is an example of a type of ceramics called ____________.
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- Falence
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The Bronze Age peoples of the Aegean were ____________ the Egyptians.
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- Probably important trading partners with.
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The most prominent components of early Minoan buildings were ____________.
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- Courtyards
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About 1450 BCE, the conquering ____________ arrived in Crete, soon thereafter destroying Knossos.
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- Mycenaeans
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An important fresco site, Akrotiri, is on island of ____________.
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- Thera
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____________ is an example of a work made in the "Marine style."
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- Octopus Flask
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The mainland Aegean Bronze Age is known as ____________ culture.
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- Helladic
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Heinrich Schliemann found 30 pounds of gold objects in the _____________ of Mycenae.
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- Shaft graves
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Kraters were used for ______________ as well for mixing water and wine.
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- Markers for graves.
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____________ is a kind of delicate decoration with fine wires.
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- Filigree
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In Homeric literature, Agamemnon was a king and military leader known for conquering the city of ____________.
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- Troy
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The "Old Palace" period of the Minoan civilization lasted from about ____________.
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- 1900-1700 BCE
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During the Aegean Bronze Age, metal ores were typically ____________.
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- Imported from Europe, Arabia, and Anatolia.
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The name, "Minos" derives from the mythical beast called the minotaur, which is half-____________, half-___________.
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- Bull/ Human
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The Mask of Agamemnon was used for _____________.
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- Funerary purposes.
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By about 1400 BCE, the center of cultural power in the Aegean had shifted to ___________.
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- Mainland Greece
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The Lion Gate is from the Complex at ____________.
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- Mycenae
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Members of the ____________ class in Mycenae were buried in Beehive tombs.
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- Elite
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_____________ is an example of a late Helladic Bronze Age vessel in which decoration is highly stylized.
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- Warrior Krater
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____________ Is used in the Vapheio Cup.
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- Repousse
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