2006-09-13 12:30:45 · 4 answers · asked by Tyler W 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
None that I know of. They were all solidly male-centered except for the myth of the Amazons.
Perhaps the Atlantean myth has been twisted into a politically correct fairy tale of equality and peace lately.
2006-09-13 12:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Etruscans, the predecessors of Rome, had a greater equality of sexes than the Romans or Greeks. The Romans thought they were disgusting.
Aegean civilizations were known for coliseums or stadiums and buildings with columns to ornament them.
I don't know when it was peaceful: Troy? Punic or Persian Wars? Roman Empire dominating everything it could reach (Pax Romana)?
2006-09-13 20:02:44 · answer #2 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
minoan civilization!!!on crete!!!it had villas and pallaces,channeling of water and olive groves everywhere!!!they had mining for gold and silver and were self-sufficient inwheat,grains,cheese,beef cattle and goats!!!they had organised fleets for fishing and for warfare!!!they were surrounded by a protective mediterranean sea!!!and they had trade relations with myceaen and egyptian cultures as well as phoenicia,troy lydia and hattusha(modern turkey in anatolia)!!!their palaces were sumptuously decorated with murals and florid red columns,faux paintings and scenes of "bull wrestling or acrobatic feats with them",sea life was depicted both on walls and on pottery!!they had massive "pthoi" jars to store surplus of oil and grains and to pickle meats for preservation,also olive processed in this manner!!!they were "rich" in all respects and were only brought down by a massive tsunami wave that probably wiped out much of their seaside ports and installations around 1250 b.c.!!!possiblly the explosion of thera which could be the mythical "atlantis"which gave off the "loudest sound ever on earth";undoubtedly making any survivors "deaf" for a generation!!!wiping out much learning and recorded history in the offing!!
2006-09-13 21:00:33 · answer #3 · answered by eldoradoreefgold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll just name some and you can pick, Macedonian, Persian, Roman, Greek, Carthanian, Egyptian, Crete, ?
2006-09-13 19:40:45 · answer #4 · answered by conap31 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋