The Prehistory of Greece: c 10,000 - c 1550 BC
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The Aegean Bronze Age: The Minoan Civilisation: c. 2000 - 1550 BC
The Middle Minoan period is dated c 1950 - 1550 BC. During this period engineered roads were built, particularly between Knosós and Phaistós. Police posts were stationed along these are intervals. Hieroglyphic writing, probably imported from Egypt, was used from which the simpler form, Minoan Linear A, was subsequently developed. Bronze was used. Daggers became longer and evolved into swords; however, they seem to have been rare and towns remained unfortified. Whilst palaces have narrow entrances, war between towns seems not to have occurred. Women had high social status and the chief deity was a mother goddess; priest-kings were possibly the consorts of divine queens. There was taxation, particularly in oil and huge store-rooms for oil have been found at Knosós. Middle Minoan miniature frescoes often show people gathering at a spectacle. Bull-baiting or bull-vaulting was practised as part of religious ceremonies. Men are usually depicted in red, women in white; women wear elaborate dresses with flounced skirts and puffed sleeves; their breasts are visible. During the heyday of the Cretan civilisation the culture of the Cyclades declined. Melos remained relatively important. There was slow development on the mainland, though a substantial house at Lerna, built before 2000 BC, has been discovered. It seems the eastern side of the mainland was more prosperous than the western side.
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Contents of
The Prehistory of Greece: c 10,000 - c 1550 BC
1 The Neolithic Age in Greece
2 The Early Helladic Period
3 Troy I
4 Migrations into Greece c. 2500 BC
5 Minoan Civilisation
6 The Greek migration
7 Megaron
8 Middle Helladic Age
9 The Aegean Bronze Age: The Minoan Civilisation: c. 2000 - 1550 BC
10 The golden age of Minoan Crete
11 Volcanic eruption on Thera c. 1600 BC
12 Crete and Mycenae
13 The amber route
14 The Religion of Minoyan Crete
15 The Linear B Tablets of Knosos
16 Relations between the mainland and Crete
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