CIVILIZATION
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ship builders
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writers
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thinkers
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sailors
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Minoans and Mycenaens were expert shipbuilders and seafarers. They sailed throughout the eastern Mediterranean to trade. For what did the Minoans and Mycenaens use their ships? After Minoan civilization declined, the Mycenaeans became the major traders in the eastern Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Minoans were not only farmers of olives, but fine craftsmen, making pieces of jewelry, pottery, seals and figurines. Their bronze work places this civilization in the Bronze Age. At the height of their civilization, between 2, 000-1400 BC, the Minoans developed a palace-centered civilization.
Detailed explanation-3: -Triremes played a vital role in the Persian Wars, the creation of the Athenian maritime empire and its downfall during the Peloponnesian War. Medieval and early modern galleys with three files of oarsmen per side are sometimes referred to as triremes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mycenaeans were excellent sailors, boats like this one could have been part of the attack on Troy by Homer’s Achaeans.