History Summarized: Minoan Greece!
Added 2021-12-17 16:06:00 +0000 UTCancient ancient greece, even more ancient-er than the usual old ancient greece. now that's ancient.
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That sacred bull is all over the place. - Le Tuc d'Audoubert has a giant clay bull inside - Çatalhöyük's dwellings had actual bull horns built into sacrificial corners of the dwelling, and a humans-hunting-animals motif on many walls - the most impressive had a bunch of people fighting a giant aurochs. - Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting the Bull of Heaven - Numerous other references that I'm forgetting or ignorant towards.
Stephen Gillie
2021-12-19 15:16:30 +0000 UTCThe Eruption was 1600BC the Minoan downfall wasn't for 150 years after that and the bronze age collapse wasn't for 250 after that. It was probably a bad day but there's scant evidence for civilization ending impact.
Michael Quinn
2021-12-18 14:22:58 +0000 UTCWhoa - this is quite the puzzle piece. The eruption of Thera likely kicked off the Collapse of Mediterranean Civilization and the "Sea Peoples" time of troubles that Ramsses3 dealt with. A volcano will *definitely* reduce crop yields in the short term.
Stephen Gillie
2021-12-18 14:04:54 +0000 UTCSo is it possible that they got cultural trading and mingling with Egypt given the art and customs such as a sacred bull?
Jason Veevaert
2021-12-17 22:54:36 +0000 UTC
