Travel Journal: Ancient Greece Entry #1: Knossos My first stop was Knossos. Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilization.Its structures were similar to the labyrinth that King Minos said to have built.I passed the palace on Crete (Crete was an island) at Knossos a few times, and when the king wasn’t there I got a chance to go into a few of the rooms.It was a huge palace, the bathrooms, living rooms, and bedrooms were all very elegant throughout the structure.There were people selling food and a lot of trading was happening along the coast.They were trading pottery and jewelry made of gold and silver. Entry #2: Mycenae Palaces were built on hills and surrounded by gigantic stone walls.There were many tombs built into the hillsides that I past while I was touring the city.I saw a lot of pottery. Entry #3: Sparta When I got to Sparta I saw that there were a lot of women strong and fit.Young children were there as well, but I learned that all males were taken by the city to join the military.They had to be disciplined to later on be in the Spartan military and serve in the wars.I did try some of the famous black Spartan broth; it was a combination of pork broiled in animal blood, salt and vinegar.All of the Spartan I did meet had lived there their entire lives, never leaving because they were discouraged from traveling, they might encounter ideas dangerous to the stability of the state. There wasn’t any type of music or paintings, pottery, or literature and art because the only art the Spartans liked was the art of war.Any other type of art was not respected.
Entry #1: Knossos
My first stop was Knossos. Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilization. Its structures were similar to the labyrinth that King Minos said to have built. I passed the palace on Crete (Crete was an island) at Knossos a few times, and when the king wasn’t there I got a chance to go into a few of the rooms. It was a huge palace, the bathrooms, living rooms, and bedrooms were all very elegant throughout the structure. There were people selling food and a lot of trading was happening along the coast. They were trading pottery and jewelry made of gold and silver.
Entry #2: Mycenae
Palaces were built on hills and surrounded by gigantic stone walls. There were many tombs built into the hillsides that I past while I was touring the city. I saw a lot of pottery.
Entry #3: Sparta
When I got to Sparta I saw that there were a lot of women strong and fit. Young children were there as well, but I learned that all males were taken by the city to join the military. They had to be disciplined to later on be in the Spartan military and serve in the wars. I did try some of the famous black Spartan broth; it was a combination of pork broiled in animal blood, salt and vinegar. All of the Spartan I did meet had lived there their entire lives, never leaving because they were discouraged from traveling, they might encounter ideas dangerous to the stability of the state. There wasn’t any type of music or paintings, pottery, or literature and art because the only art the Spartans liked was the art of war. Any other type of art was not respected.