CIVILIZATION
MINOAN
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Question
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Mycenaeans
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Odysseus and his crew
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Minoans
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Tyrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Minoans and Mycenaens were expert shipbuilders and seafarers. They sailed throughout the eastern Mediterranean to trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -A powerful seafaring people, the Minoans (mih•NOH•uhnz) dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean from about 2000 to 1400 B. C. They lived on Crete, a large island on the southern edge of the Aegean Sea (ee•JEE•uhn). The Minoans produced some of the finest painted pottery of the time.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Thucydides, he also established the first thalassocracy, or maritime empire. The Minoans were renowned for their seafaring prowess, which opened trade routes with the powerful kingdoms of Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant. Depictions of ships abound on Minoan seals and frescoes.