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Licciardello Link: [|Minoan Culture]

All the things that the Minoans did as an empire they did for a reason, it all had meaning. FOr instance the sacrifice of the bull showed strength because the bull is a symbol it's strength. Just sacrifice alone showed respect. Also there art was a sign of how advanced in technology they where and if they did not have are we wouldnt know how much we knoe about them. Their CUlture included the importance of religion, language, and technology. One of the main things talked about was how religion was tied in with art and the importance behind it. A lot of things around that time had used symbolism.

Licciardello Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon, http://www.livius.org/man-md/marathon/marathon.html, http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/marathonpg2.htm

Persia was the new rising power, and wanted to continue it’s path to taking over and gaining new empires under its self. Persia was an expanding empire in the late 400(B.C) and was looking to conquer. The Persians left Athens in a trashed state and was looking toward Greece. Although Athens could have just stayed and watched what happened to them happen to Greece, they did not; they came in and tried to defend Greece. The Persians would not give up on the Greeks until they had conquered them. The Battle of the Marathon is just one example of the wars that went on involving the Persians.


 * Athens did not defend greece in this particular battle. in the battle of marethon athens was defending itself. The battle that lead to the battle of marathon was when athens defended it neighbor Eretria in the ionian revolt. http://www.livius.org/man-md/marathon/marathon.html

Minoan Art LINK: http://www.students.sbc.edu/drahman08/paper.html

The Minoans used Art as a way to tell there culture and stories. This peace of art is from 1400 or other wise none as the Bronze Age. It is form the City called Crete. The Picture is hard to say what it is a representive of but some say that it is a symbol that woman have a strong role in there religion. Woman didnt normaly have a role or looked at in a special way but in the Minoans culture there is art to sybolize womans roles. It also shows men and woman working together that shows and examples of the importance of both men and woman. 

Greek Olympics The Greek Olympics are a lot different than when they first started, in Greece. In the time around the Olypics where started [|men] where the ones that where participating in the events, woman werent aloud to. When they first started they had different [|sports] than what we have now, meaning that there werent as many as there are today. The reason that it is called the Olypics is because everything was held in a stadium called Olympia. The Greeks held these games as a religous 'thank you' to the God of Zeus, entertainment and much more. The [|history] of the Olypics go so far back that it is amazing that it has held up so far down, and is improving in it's benifits toward others. Little did the Greeks know that hunderends of years down the road they would have created a celebration that brings countries together and find that we all arent that different.