| A | B |
|---|
| archaeological | things that deal with the science of archeology |
| colonization | the process of a "mother" country or civilization establishing a copy of itself far away for purposes of trading or conquest |
| deities | gods |
| decendants | the people who will live after you |
| dominance | having power or influence over another |
| gruesome | causing great horror |
| intervention | the interference in the affairs of one state by another |
| labyrinth | a complicated group of passages in or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way |
| legendary | remarkable enough to be famous or very well known |
| rubble | waste or fragments of stone-the debris of destroyed buildings |
| significant | sufficiently important enough to be remembered |
| shrine | a place regarded as holy because of its association with a deity |
| theory | an idea meant to explain something based on general principles |
| Minotaur | half man-half bull who lived in the darkness below the Palace at Knossos in a labyrinth |
| Mother goddess; female deities | the Minoans worshipped these |
| Theseus | king of Athens |
| Minos | powerful king of Crete |
| Ariadne | daughter of Minos who helped Theseus find his was out of the labyrinth by giving him a ball of yarn |
| Bronze | a metal created when you melt tin ore with copper ore |
| Thera | island colony of the Minoans only 70 miles north of Crete-almost totally destroyed by a volcano in 1450 BC |
| Five Sources of Minoan Wealth | gold, silver, timber, tin and Saffron |
| Saffron | an orange-yellow flavouring, food coloring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus flower |
| Knossos | a huge building on Crete that was the center of political, economic and social activity for the Minoan people |
| Sir Arthur Evans | was an English archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He is most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete..he named the ancient people of Crete, Minoans |
| Linear B | Early form of writing that was used in the formation of the Greek language |
| capitalist | a person who uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit |
