Minoans relied heavily on religious iconography, depicting the images of their gods and especially goddesses. The only differences are their iconographic elements. Today this writing is called “Linear B.” How were Mycenaeans different from Minoans? They adapted the writing of the Minoans to their own language. The Mycenaeans took over the islands of the Minoans and adopted much of the Minoan culture. What did the Mycenaeans do to the Minoans? It is estimated that the palaces of the Minoan Civilization were destroyed almost 150 years after the volcanic eruption. What happened to the Minoan civilization on Crete?Īrchaeologists have now enough evidence to believe that the reputed Minoan Civilization was severely damaged and affected by the eruption of Santorini Volcano, which destroyed their fleet. READ: How many texts does the average person send a day? Even after the Mycenaeans conquered Crete, important sites such as Knossos continued to be occupied, perhaps now by the new Mycenaean rulers. The Mycenaeans, the Greeks of the mainland, seem to have invaded Crete around 1450 BC. They penetrated to the sea into the Aegean region and via Crete (approximately 1400 bce) reached Rhodes and even Cyprus and the shores of Anatolia. When did the Mycenaean civilization take over Crete?Įuropean cultures … produced the civilization known as Mycenaean. 9 What caused the Mycenaean civilization to collapse?. 8 What caused the decline of the Minoan civilization?.7 What is the difference between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans?.5 How were the Minoans and Mycenaeans different?.4 How were Mycenaeans different from Minoans?.3 How did the Minoan civilization spread their culture from Crete to Greece and other islands?.1 When did the Mycenaean civilization take over Crete?.This public lecture by the Annual AAIA Visiting Professor is co-sponsored by La Trobe University, the Classical Association of Victoria and the University of Melbourne. He is currently the Director of the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project. His research interests are the pre- and proto-historic Aegean, Greek architecture and urbanism, land use and settlement, archaeological method and theory, and cultural geography Professor Wright has conducted archaeological research in Greece since 1973, at the American School’s excavations at Ancient Corinth, the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea, Kommos on Crete, and since 1981 has been involved in several projects in the Nemea region. He holds his degrees from Bryn Mawr (Ph.D. Chair at the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania U.S.A. Wright is the Director, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece as well as holding the William R. The lecture will end with a consideration of Mycenaean rule at Knossos, the invention of the Mycenaean script, Linear B, and the founding of palaces on the mainland of Greece. Special emphasis is placed in the rise of small warrior societies at Mycenae and elsewhere on the mainland of Greece. It will explore how mainlanders interacted with people in the Aegean Islands and with the in habitants of the palaces of Crete, especially Knossos. It is intended for general audiences but will introduce them to latest thinking about the rise of Mycenaean civilization during the Late Bronze Age in Greece. 1700-1330 BCE) and explains how Mycenaean civilization developed in relation to its predecessors. This lecture is a survey of evidence from the Middle Bronze Age through the early phases of the Late Bronze (c. Wright, AAIA Visiting Professor, Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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