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CIVILIZATION

MINOAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of government did the Minoans have?
A
Anarchy
B
Oligarchy
C
Democracy
D
Monarchy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Their system of government was that of a monarchy supported by a well-organized bureaucracy. According to myth, a King Minos, living in a palace with more than a thousand rooms, once ruled the island of Crete.

Detailed explanation-2: -Back in the distant past, when the ancient Minoan Civilisation flourished on the island of Crete, there lived a great king known as Minos. Historians believe that ‘Minos’ may actually have been a title given to all Minoan kings, but to the early Greeks, Minos appears as one single, powerful figure.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mycenaeans, who ruled ancient Greece from 2000 to 1100 B.C.E., were warrior peoples who established monarchies to rule their kingdoms. The king of each city-state lived in a lavish fortress⚫ palace in the capital city. Beyond the capital city was an outlying network of villages.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Greek Mythology, the city was once ruled by King Minos. In the myth, King Minos built a large labyrinth under the palace where a monster called the Minotaur lived. The Mycenaeans developed on mainland Greece and ruled the region from around 1600 BC to 1100 BC.

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