Ancient Civilizations: Ancient Crete

1. Add the island of Crete and the Cycladic Islands to your map. Be sure to include the Aegean Sea.

I added this to my map.

2. Find pictures and read information on the palace at Knossos. Write a paragraph about an aspect of Knossos that interests you.

One aspect of Knossos that I like is that it was one of the first buildings to have a plumbing system. The palace had at least three separate liquid management systems. One was for water supply. Another was for drainage. The other one was for drainage of waste water. The palace had aqueducts that brought water from springs 10 km away. Sanitation drainage was through a system leading to a sewer apart from the hill.

3. Read and summarize the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.

The myth is about a young boy who is very brave. He grows up to be a hero, brave and intelligent. Then, he challenges the king of Minos to set his human sacrifices free. He descends into the maze, and defeats a large bull/man beast. But, he returns with black sails. His father throws himself into the ocean in despair, thinking Theseus is dead. But he isn't, he returns the sacrifices to their families and beomes a hero.


4. Draw a very large and complicated "classical three circuit" labyrinth.

I made a maze where it is very easy to get through if you are doing it on paper, but next to impossible if you are doing it on foot. See image below.

5b. Draw your own image of Icarus and Daedalus (from the story of Theseus) and their adventures with flying. Write a poem about what you think this experience was like.

Here is my poem:

Flying

Light, Free,

Swoops, dives, and glides .

The most wonderful feeling.

Flight is Freedom.