Minoan civilization

Minoan Civilization

Period	Bronze Age Europe
Dates	circa 3,650 BCE-circa 1,450 BCE
Major sites	Knossos

Minoan Civilization

3650-3000 BC	Prepalatial
2900-2300 BC
2300-2160 BC
2160-1900 BC
1900-1800 BC	Protopalatial (old palace period)
1800-1700 BC
1700-1640 BC	Neopalatial (new palace period)
1640-1600 BC
1600-1480 BC
1480-1425 BC
1425-1390 BC	Postpalatial (At Knossos, Final palace period)
1390-1370 BC
1370-1340 BC
1340-1190 BC
1190-1170 BC
1100 BC	Subminoan

        The minoans were arguably Europe's first great civilization. They originated on the island of Crete around 3000 B.C. and flourished there from 2000 B.C to 1400 B.C. Archaeologists now mark the period between 3000 B.C. and 2000 B.C. as the Early  Period of Minoan Civilization. The Middle Period of Minoan Civilization lasted from around 2000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. The period between 1450 and 100 B.C. has been labeled the  sub-minoan, a long period of decline that culimated with the end of Minoan culture in 1050 B.C. 

Pyramid

Pyramid 

                A Pyramid was a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense.  Then you can see structure of pyramid. 

A pyramid's design with the majority of the weight closer to the ground and with the pyramidion on top means that less material  higher up on the pyramid will be pushing down from above. this distribution of weight allowed early civilizations to create stable monumental structures. 

Example:- 

Egypt

Sudan 

Greece 

China 

Rome 

Prehistory of Sri Lanka

Prehistory  of Sri Lanka 

This lesson  deals with the Prehistory of Sri Lanka since human habitation and cover the  

•  Palaeolithic 
• Mesolithic 
• early Iron ages   until the ancient history of Sri Lanka.  
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       We can see evidence of palaeolithic people in Sri Lanka from about 300,000 B.P. and possibly even as early as 500,000 B.P. There is strong evidence of prehistoric settlements in Sri Lanka by about 125,000 B.P. Evidence of a transition between the Mesolithic and the Iron Age in scant. 

Palaeolithic period 

         Finding at Iranamadu indicate that there were Palaeolithic people in Sri Lanka as early as 3000,000 B.P. There is definite evidence of settlements by Prehistoric people in Sri Lanlka by about  125,000 B.P. These people made tools of quartz and chert which are assignable to the Middle Palaeolithic period. 

Mesolithic Period 


The island appears to have been colonized by the Balangoda man prior to 34,000 B.P. They have been identified as agroup of Mesolithic hunter gatherers who lived in caves. Pahiyangala cave has yeilded the earliest evidence of automatically modrn humans in South Asia. 


 Iron Age 


A large settlement appears to have been 900 B.C. at the site of Anuradhapure where signs of an iron age culture have been found. The size of the settlement was about 15 hectares at that date, but it expanded to 50ha , to toun size within a couple of centuries.