Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Aegean Civilizations
(Minoans, Phoenicians, and Hebrews only)
Map Quiz - 2/5/2020

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,
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.


   
Phoenician Ship Coin. Wild Winds, http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/phoenicia/tyre/t.html, 14 February 2014.



Ancient Hebrews         
Hebrew scroll. Photos,  http://www.photos.com/images-photo/torah, 14 February 2014.

Menorah, Dreamtime, https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/menorah.html, 12 February 2010.