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What is a thalassocracy?

Mastery or control of the seas

This archaeologist had a pervasive influence on the study of Minoan Crete

Arthur Evans

Name these sites: KPMZGAT

Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Gournia, Agia Triada

Name two reasons the Minoans might NOT have been a thalassocracy

No navy, palatial economy focus, broader trade network, claims from myths and Thucydides

We can divide Minoan resources into five main categories:

Imports, exports, coast, land, sea

Why is our understanding of the Minoans limited?

Little written evidence, unreliable historians (eg Homer/Herodotus), material remains with little explanation

Name two theories about how Minoan Crete was ruled

Priest-king, independent chiefdoms, independent states answering to Knossos