| A | B |
|---|
| bull leaping | Minoan bullfighting |
| labyrinth | a maze |
| parchment | material made from thin animal skin used for windows and as paper |
| shrines | sacred places to worship |
| megaron | square room in the center of a Mycenaen palace |
| tenants | people who live and work on someone else's land |
| civil wars | wars between citizens of one nation |
| Crete | an isalnd in the Mediterranean Sea where Minoan civilization began |
| Minoan cities were not surrounded by walls they depended on | the any and the sea for protection |
| Most important god to the Minoans was | Mother Earth |
| In the center of Minoan cities was a | palace |
| Minoan civilization began around | 2800 B.C. |
| Mycnaeans came from | southern Russia |
| On hilltops the Mycnaeans built | fortress like palaces |
| Mycenaeans were famous for their attack on | Troy |
| Troy was a major trading city in | Asia Minor |
| The Trojan War and its results are described in two long poems called | The Illiad and The Odyssey |
| The poems about the Trojan war were composed by the blind Greek poet | Homer |
| The Mycenaeans were eventually conquered by the | Dorians |
| After the Mycenaeans the Aegean world entered a | Dark Age of wandering and killing were many skills were lost |
