One of the differences in the government of the United States and ancient Rome is the United States has a two party system, Democrats and Republicans, but Romans had an emperor. Within our two party systems a president is elected into office and the Romans chose an emperor based on their social status.
Minoans. 1  A civilization that arose on Crete and flourished approximately from the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC. Unlike any other society at that time, women dominated the Minoan world. Minoans built massive palace complexes, the largest of them all being Knossos.
We know surprisingly little about this Minoan civilization, which flourished fornearly two thousand years. Indeed, we do not even know what these people calledthemselves. The term Minoan is a modern name, and comes from the legendary KingMinos, who, according to Greek mythology, ruled the island of Crete. One of the mainproblems in understanding Minoan civilization is that, though we have Minoan writing,no one has deciphered it, so we do not know what it says.