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- Powerpoint presentation
- Modern retelling of the legend of Theseus
- Sir Arthur Evans’s excavation of Knossos
- Gavin Menzies, a popular revisionist historian, argues in The Lost Empire of Atlantis (2010) that the legendary city was part of the Minoan civilization.
- The Mycenaean World by John Chadwick, a standard introduction to the period
- Heinrich Schliemann and his excavations
- Examples of Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean artifacts in the British Museum
Early Aegean Civilization – Quiz
- Greek myth speaks of a grand civilization ruled by _______ on the island of Crete.
- The Mycenaeans were likely participants in the semi-mythical conflict called the __________, recounted in epic poems.
- The archeologist whose name is most associated with excavations at Mycenae and Troy is _______________.
- The standard chronology of Greece posits a 300-year Dark Age following the collapse of the Mycenaeans, although this interpretation has been challenged recently by the authors of a book titled _________________.
- The still-undeciphered script of the Minoans is known as __________.
- True/False: The lack of fortifications around Minoan cities has led many historians to conclude that they were a relatively peaceful society.
- ___________ is credited with discovering and establishing the historicity of the Minoan civilization.
- Minos
- Trojan War
- Heinrich Schliemann
- Centuries of Darkness
- Linear A
- True
- Sir Arthur Evans