Political Structure, Facts, and Visual Aids By Christa

Political:

-City-states

-King

-Centralized government

-A lot of trade

-Bureaucracy

-Isolated from the mainland of Asia Minor, the Middle East, and Egypt

Facts:

-Lived on a Crete

-Southern edge of Aegean Sea

-Knossos was the capital

-Cities didn't need much protection

-2000-12=400 BCE
-Divided into 3 different periods:
         ~Early Minoans
         ~Middle Minoans
         ~Late Minoans
-Fertile soil (since it was an island)

-Limited resources
-Exported wine, oil, jewelry, etc... 
-Major Influence on the culture of Greece

-King Minos was a king of the Crete

-Mother Earth Goddesses

-Sacrificed bulls and other animals to the gods

-Civilization lingered for about 300 years after it came to an end