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Phoenicians lived in present day Lebanon; great sailors; sailed all the way to England and western coast of Africa; had many colonies Minoans lived on Crete; very advanced; had plumbing; peaceful people Mycenaeans lived on Peloponnesus peninsula and had a few cities on mainland of Greece Dorians kicked Mycenaeans out of Peloponnesus peninsula and stayed there; started the Dark Ages Dark Ages Dorians iniated this time period; all written language was lost during this period minotaur creature that is half bull, half human frescoes paintings made on wet plaster walls Homer's Epics Odyssey and Illiad centaur creature that is half horse, half human Palace of Knosses located in the city of Knossos; Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilization; located on the island of Crete; had no walls Troy city on Anatolia, where Trojan War takes place Agamemmnon King of Mycenae; commander of Greek armies; married to Clytemnestra Santorini volcanic island; when it erupted ash covered Crete, blocking the sun Minoan, Phoenician, Mycenaean, and Dorian cultures