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Continuities And Changes In Minoan Culture

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Mediterranean has a long history from 3000 B.C. to 300 B.C. From the start of the Minoan culture to the end of the Peloponnesian War. The continuities and changes in the economic systems in Minoan culture, Greece, Persian war, and Peloponnesian war during the 3000 B.C. to
300 B.C. time period helped shape what the Mediterranean is today.
The first major civilization that arose about 3000 B.C. started on an island of Crete, the
Minoans. They were expert sailors and trade was very important. They built many palaces and also had a system of writing. Around 2000 B.C. the Mycenaeans took control of the region and thats when the Greek civilization started. They adopted many of what the Minoans had including their writing system and cultures. After …show more content…

During this time, people forgot how to write. The
Greeks finally began to write again around 800 B.C. and developed Greek City-States. Because there were so many new settlements, the merchants and manufactures wanted to speak up in government. The nobel’s didn’t want to share their power. These were called tyrants who basically seized power by force, but after a while, Oligarchy took over then multiple other city states started democratic government. A statesman named Solon was to take office. He divided citizens by wealth and rights, and he also had a code of law. But when he left office, Civil war came to be. During the 500’s B.C., the Persian empire conquered the city states. The King of
Persia sent his army to punish the Athens. At first the Persians had was more people in the army
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In 480 B.C., the son of the King of Persia led a massive attack on Greece. Many City-states united with Sparta to fight the Persians. The Persians were overwhelmed they took a step back.
The Greeks finally defeated all the Persian forces in 479 B.C. They celebrated they victory …show more content…

In 477 B.C., it was a time called the Golden age and was famous for many phenomenal arts and literature. Built many wonderful architects and sculptures. The Golden Age ended in 431 B.C. when the Peloponnesian War started. At the start of the war, the Spartans dominated the Greeks, but soon afterwards, Thebes defeated Sparta in
371 B.C. Because of this war, everything was declining. The economic conditions worsened and there were always fights between the rich and the poor people. People became less willing to help and more self-centered. Macedonia was a stated in Greece that became stronger as the citystates grew weaker. The King of Macedonia decided to conquer the other city-states and succeeded in 338 B.C. He wanted to battle against Persia too but a fellow Macedonian killed him. The King of Macedonia’s son, Alexander the Great carried out his fathers plan. He conquered the whole entire Persian empire in a short amount of time. He died in 323 B.C. and the period following that was the Hellenistic Age beginning after his death and ending in 31 B.C.
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All of the changes and continuities from the start of 3000 B.C. till the end of 300 B.C.
Included many things. From the Minoans to the beginning of the Hellenistic age, all of

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