The minoans: a. wrote tablets in linear a to record their economic transactions. b. were civil servants in a redistributive economy, not warriors. c. can be identified as non-greek allies of the hittites and egyptians. d. were a warrior people who conquered most of the eastern mediterranean. e. remained isolated politically and economically from the rest of the ancient world.

a

The Minoans built the first civilization on the island of Crete in Europe. It emerged around 2000 BCE but disappeared in  1400 BCE.  

The Minoans wrote tablets in linear to record their economic transactions.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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