MINOANS OF CRETE
Palace of
Knossos. Ancient Greece, http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/ancient- sites/knossos/,
13 February 2014.
Minoan Bull
Leaping Fresco. Boundless,
https://www.boundless.com/art-history/aegean-civilizations/the-minoans/painting--2/,
13 February 2014.
This fresco, part of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece, was painted about 1400 BCE. It offers one of many depictions of the ancient practice of bull-leaping.
Phoenicians - "Carriers of Civilization"
The First Great Navigators
Creators of our alphabet
Phoenician Alphabet
Phoenician, http://www.phoenician.org/alphabet.htm,
14 February 2014.
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Phoenician Ship Coin. Wild Winds, http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/phoenicia/tyre/t.html,
14 February 2014. |
Hebrew
scroll. Photos, http://www.photos.com/images-photo/torah,
14 February 2014.
MYCENAEANS OF GREECE
The historical time and places
of The Iliad and The Odyssey
The historical time and places
of The Iliad and The Odyssey
Lion’s Gate
at Citadel of Mycenae.
Great
Buildings, http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/lion_gate.html,
14 February 2014.
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The Eighth Grade ancient history scholars are
exploring the historical settings for Homer’s epics. As they read the Odyssey in English
class, they are following Heinrich Schliemann on his search for Troy and
Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans as he “recreates” Knossos. They are discovering
the ties between myth, legend, place names, and history in these cultures, the
root cultures of ancient Greece.