While the Minoans focused on building relationships with other cultures in the Mediterranean and Asia Minor, the Mycenaeans fought and battled their way across the area to overtake and build their own cities and outposts.
Q. What are some of the major characteristics of Minoan culture?
Labyrinth-like palace complexes, vivid frescoes depicting scenes such as bull-leaping and processions, fine gold jewellery, elegant stone vases, and pottery with vibrant decorations of marine life are all particular features of Minoan Crete.
Q. What characterizes Minoan architecture?
What characterizes the architecture of Minoan Old Palace period? papyrus capitals and tent-like buildingsimposing fortifications and tombscorbeled vaults and guardian figuresdressed stone walls and wood columns 2.
Q. What are the similarities between the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations?
The waning of Minoan influence and waxing of Mycenaean dominance has been observed from the archaeological evidence, and the close connection between the two cultures is represented in similarities in the architecture of the palatial complexes, burial practices, and the transmission of iconography and goods from Crete …
Q. What are some unique features of the Palace of Knossos?
The palace of Knossos is divided into several sections, each of which has a separate use. It was multi-story, built with carved structures, and decorated with magnificent murals depicting possibly religious ceremonies. It was accessible from three entrances located on the north, west, and south sides.
Q. What led to the end of the Minoan civilization?
Archaeologists 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. It is estimated that the palaces of the Minoan Civilization were destroyed almost 150 years after the volcanic eruption.
Q. Is Troy accurate?
The films plot is based on the King of Mycenae, Agamemnon, who has forced the kingdoms of Greece into a loose alliance after decades of war. When examined meticulously, it is clearly evident however, that the film Troy, is historically accurate as it is based on true facts from the ancient Greek life.
Q. Which is evidence that Sparta had elements of democracy?
The evidence that suggests Sparta had elements of democracy was the existence of Direct democracy where only certain men could vote. There was the existence of three separate bodies that consisted of an assembly, the council of 500 and a complex system of courts.
Q. Who had more equality Sparta or Athens?
Sparta was by far the better of the two City-States in Ancient Greece to be woman. They had the freedom to mingle among the men, to own property, and the education that was not awarded to the women of Athens.
Q. Why are Athenians better than Spartans?
Ancient Athens, had a much more stronger basis than ancient Sparta. All the sciences, democracy, philosophy etc were originally found in Athens. Sparta’s only ace was its military way of life and war tactics. Athens also had much more trading power, and controlled more land than Sparta.
Q. What did Spartans do with weak babies?
When a Spartan baby was born, soldiers came to the house and examined it carefully to determine its strength. They bathed the baby in wine rather than water, to see its reaction. If a baby was weak, the Spartans would throw it off a cliff (the Kaiadas) or take it away to become a slave (helot).
Q. What advantages did Sparta have?
| Pros of Sparta | Pros of Athens |
|---|---|
| -well organized -strong -good government -all treated equally -helots did all the work | -democracy -all citizens are equal -education -Golden Age -abolished slavery -more freedoms |
| Cons of Sparta | Cons of Athens |
Q. What are good things about Sparta?
Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece. It is famous for its powerful army as well as its battles with the city-state of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Sparta was located in a valley on the banks of the Eurotas River in the south-eastern portion of Greece.
Q. What did the conflict between Athens and Sparta result in?
The Peloponnesian War marked the end of the Golden Age of Greece, a change in styles of warfare, and the fall of Athens, once the strongest city-state in Greece. The balance in power in Greece was shifted when Athens was absorbed into the Spartan Empire.
Q. Which was the most important effect of the Peloponnesian War?
The most important effect of the Peloponnesian War was the fact that other nations saw Greece’s lack of unification as weak. The Peloponnesian War was the armed conflict between Sparta its allies and Athens and its allies to gain control over Athens.
Q. How did Thebes defeat Sparta?
Thebes defied the Spartans by leading a league of Boeotian city-states that Sparta was determined to suppress. Although the Thebans were outnumbered and their allies were unreliable, Theban general Epaminondas persuaded his colleagues that they should give battle on the plain at Leuctra.
