Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations
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- Many Minoan artworks depict women and their role in religious ceremonies. The art suggests that women held a higher rank than in most neighboring cultures. A great Mother Earth Goddess seems to have ruled over the other gods of Crete. Also, priestesses took charge of some shrines, aided by male assistants.
- The Minoans dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean from about 2000 to 1400 B.C. The Phoenicians were remarkable shipbuilders and seafarers.
- The Phoenician's initial trading partners were the Greeks. With them, they used to trade wood, slaves, glass and powdered Tyrian Purple, used by Greek rich people to color clothes and other garments
- Trading turned Crete into a “stepping stone” for cultural exchange throughout the Mediterranean world. The Minoans sacrificed bulls and other animals to their gods. In at least one case, a young man was sacrificed.
- Phoenicia was located in a great spot for trade because it-lay along well-traveled routes between Egypt and Asia. However, the Phoenicians did more than just trade with merchants who happened to pass through the region.
- The first cities in Phoenicia, such as Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon, were important trading centers.
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