CIVILIZATION
MINOAN
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Question
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In addition to sacrificing bulls and other animals, the Minoans sacrificed human beings, too.
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true
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false
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the “North House” at Knossos, the bones of at least four children (who had been in good health) were found which bore signs that “they were butchered in the same way the Minoans slaughtered their sheep and goats, suggesting that they had been sacrificed and eaten.
Detailed explanation-2: -Through a projective mechanism, the Minoans expressed not only the importance of animal sacrifice but their perception of it as an extension of the laws of nature.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Minos of Crete feared the dwindling power of his empire and hence asked Poseidon for a bull to sacrifice.
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