Archaeologists were dumbfounded when they found out that Crete was such a highly developed civilization. The Goddess and the way of thinking and living she symbolized to have held for a long time. In the island of Crete where the Goddess was still supreme, there are no signs of war. Some of those things are the emphasis on goddess, the works of art and how they flourished, and the fact that social classes weren't as much of a priority.

I think there are many things that set Minoan civilization on Crete apart from other ancient civilizations of the era. She is saying maybe we should learn from our past. The Minoan people were peaceful and caring people who seemed to have a better way of life than we do now thousnds of years later. Eisler's bias is she thinks the world was better off when women were in power. Our want for a stronger better way of life has caused us to live in a more violent world. After crete fell 3200 year ago life has changed from a peaceful nation to a warlike world. They thought less of women and they did not live in harmony as they once had. These rulers were wanting more land and fought for more control.Wars broke out and it was very violent. It tells about their peaceful ways of life and their advanced culture.It also talks about the ways in which women were looked up to.ДЄs cultures changed and grew ,lands were ruled by priests, kings and warriors. After reading this article and comparing it with our text I think our book does a fairly good job at explaining the Minoan culture. Eisler says many book protray the Minoan civilization differently than what it should be told. Because it was so different from our soceity and way of life it was hard for us to see their lifestyle as a real way of life. Egyptians had many wars to gain control.Д®isler means that what they had found in their project was not necessaraly what we as a nation are used to. They were peaceful and had very little war. The Minoan people shared their wealth and there were no people who were in poverty. They had social classes based on your wealth and job. Egyptians did not live harmoniously with each other. They lived together sharing equal work and power. Men and women are considered equals in the Minoan culture. The Egyptians worshipped gods and their kings were considered to be gods,yet they did have goddess they also worshipped. They also worshipped a Goddess when most other civilizations worshiped male gods. They also had great art works found like vases, scultures and basketweaving.

They had roads, drainage systems, places to worship and farms. The Minoan civilization differs from other ancient civilizations because the Minoans were much more developed than the others.

*****YOU MUST POST YOUR ANSWER THE ABOVE IN SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS AND YOU MUST ALSO RESPOND TO AT LEAST 2 STUDENTS' POSTS***** *provide a well developed/detailed ~1-page single spaced response to this* How might Eisler's writing be a partial historian's solution to her interpretation of neolithic history?ДЄlso generally reflect on both the reading and reflect on the film in your response. If this, what historians refer to as 'Cultural Transformation Theory' (CTT), is true, what conclusions might we draw about the culture we've inherited?Д¬onnect this to the in-class documentary, Miss Representation, and how it describes our modern patriarchal culture, a culture hostile to women. On, Eisler poses a question for you: 'What brought about the radical change in cultural direction, the shift that plunged us from a social order upheld by the Chalice to one dominated by the Blade? When and how did this happen? And what does this cataclysmic change tell us about our past - and our future?'

Validity of chalice and the blade