Obtaining oil and fat from plants is a characteristic of many ancient cultures. There is evidence of the cultivation of plants that produce vegetable oils such as poppy seed‚ rapeseed and linen even in the Stone Age. The first oil presses were found on Crete from 3500 B.C. and Chinese sources from 2800 B.C. show that soy and hemp plants were used to produce oils. As vegetable oils and fats were goods in very short supply‚ they gained an almost mythical reputation and were of immense commercial importance
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The history of the corset differs and it is often argued that corsetry first appeared in Greece or Minoan Crete (Steele‚ 2001‚ p. 2). According to Steele‚ clothing during this time was based around draping rectangular pieces of cloth‚ and stiffening‚ as well as lacing was not typical of ancient garments. She also states that museum collections do exhibit iron corsets that date around 1580 to 1600‚ but modern scholars examined these and have been inclined to think that they were purely made for
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of shepherds‚ who lived in the south-western part of sicily‚ and devoured human beings.” In later stories they are shown as hard works and as assistant to Hephaestus. Eventually the Cyclops where “expelled from their homes in Thrace‚ and went to Crete and to Lycia.” (next slide) What did the cyclop’s do in the Odyssey? The Cyclops in the Odysseus gets tricked by Odysseus. Michael stated “Thanking Odysseus‚ Polyphemus (cyclops name) ask him his name. Odysseus told him his name was No man… Than
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may have exaggerated (or maybe Solon did) to make the story sound better. In addition‚ there is a scientific premise called Occam’s Razor‚ which states that for any problem‚ the simplest solution is usually correct. Based on the evidence found in Crete‚ the Minoan civilization would appear to be the simplest solution to the problem of Atlantis. Artwork from Egypt that allegedly depicts the Minoans tells us that they were advanced‚ as Atlantis probably was. Based on what archeologists know‚ the theory
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Some people might say that Greece had a bigger impact on the mediterranean because it came first‚ and other people might say Rome had a bigger impact on the mediterranean. However‚ people don’t take into consideration how much Greece influenced current day. There’s democracy‚ theaters‚ and architectural design‚ to name a few. These two powerhouses both have major impacts on the mediterranean. However‚ Greek did that a bit better. First we have to think about a couple of things. Rome almost completely
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Research Task 1. Provide an illustration and a description of the use of the following marking out tools; steel rule‚ scriber‚ engineers square‚ combination set‚ odd legs callipers and spring dividers. Steel Rule: is used for measuring straight rule lines‚ because of its straight edge. It can also be used as a guideline when lying out lines and also for cutting. Practical uses for the steel rule are a guide to scribe or draw a straight line and the straight edge can also test the accuracy of a
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Zeus as the white bull swam to the island of crete taking with him the unwilling Europa. He then revealed his true identity. Zeus ravished Europa‚ and she later gave birth to 3 sons. Parts of the solar system affect the Zodiac signs. According to Zodiac the sun‚ the moon‚ and the planets affect
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bull. The baby was the Minotaur. The Minotaur is the monster that has the body of a man and the head of a bull. King Minos was embarrassed of this‚ so he hid the Minotaur in a huge labyrinth‚ which was built by Daedalus. The labyrinth was located in Crete. King Minos sent his enemies into the labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur. Once‚ King Minos’ son‚ Androgeus‚ went to Athens to attend the Panathenaic Games. Sadly‚ he was killed. Minos was beyond mad‚ so he made the king of Athens‚ Aegeus‚ send seven
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according to tradition Theseus killed Minotaur by means of King Minos’ daughter Ariadne. Add to this that Minotaur’s mother was King Minos’ wife - his father a bull. CONFUSED!!! However‚ tradition says that Minotaur was locked up in a maze in Knossos on Crete. He was nourished by a compulsory tribute of young men and women from Athens. Therefore Theseus and Ariadne decided to kill him. Now‚ why did I choose to write about Theseus and the Minotaur? Well‚ first of all Victoria and Albert Museum is big -
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offenses were recompensed by a fine of money‚ usually silver. However‚ unlike the U.S.‚ the Hittites didn’t lock people up for any amount of time. The Hittites learned cuneiform from the Babylonians and passed the art of writing on clay tablets to Crete. Like the U.S.‚ the Hittites wrote from left to right - but then unlike the U.S.‚ the Hittites would reverse the next line to right to left‚ and so on. The Hittites’ spoken language‚ Hurrian‚ is one of the strangest languages in the Near East. While
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