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
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| 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
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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.
