Izimbazo zasendulo zaseMinoan - zazisetshenziselwa ini?

Ukuthola imbazo enjalo ezandleni zowesifazane waseMinoan kungasikisela ngokuqinile ukuthi wayenesikhundla esinamandla ngaphakathi kwesiko lamaMinoan.

Ezinye izinto zobuciko zasendulo ziyadida ngempela. Makhulu kakhulu ngosayizi futhi asindayo kangangokuthi akunakwenzeka ngisho nokucabangela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi asetshenziswe abantu abavamile.

Izimbazo ezimbili ezinkulu zaseMinoan zasendulo. Ikhredithi yesithombe: Woodlandbard.com
Izimbazo ezimbili ezinkulu zaseMinoan. © Ikhredithi yesithombe: Woodlandbard.com

Ngakho, yayiyini injongo yalezi zimbazo ezinkulu zasendulo? Ingabe zamane zakhiqizwa njengezinto zemikhosi ezingokomfanekiso noma zasetshenziswa izidalwa eziyimidondoshiya?

Izimbazo ezinkulu kunabantu azikwazi ukusetshenziswa ezimpini noma zisebenze njengamathuluzi ezolimo.

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I-Minoan Labrys: Igama, kanye nophawu, kuhlotshaniswa kakhulu namarekhodi omlando nempucuko yamaMinoan, eyafinyelela umvuthwandaba wayo ngenkulungwane yesi-2 BC. Kutholwe amanye amalebhu amaMinoan amade kunomuntu okungenzeka ukuthi ayesetshenziswa ngesikhathi somhlatshelo. Imihlatshelo yayiyoba eyezinkunzi. Uphawu lwe-labrys lutholakale kabanzi enkathini ye-Bronze yokutholwa kwemivubukulo esigodlweni sase-Knossos eKrete. Ngokusho kokutholwe ngemivubukulo eCrete le mbazo ephindwe kabili yayisetshenziswa ikakhulukazi abapristikazi bakwaMinoan ukuze bayisebenzise ngokwemikhosi. Kuzo zonke izimpawu zenkolo yamaMinoan, imbazo yayiyingcwele kunazo zonke. Ukuthola imbazo enjalo ezandleni zowesifazane waseMinoan kungasikisela ngokuqinile ukuthi wayenesikhundla esinamandla ngaphakathi kwesiko lamaMinoan. © Wikimedia Commons

I-Archaeological Museum yaseHerakleion iqukethe iqoqo eliyingqayizivele lezinto zakudala ezatholwa ngesikhathi kumbiwa okwenziwa kuzo zonke izingxenye zaseKrethe kuhlanganise nezindawo zokuvubukula zaseKnossos, Phaistos, Gortyn nezinye eziningi. Phakathi kwe izinto, sihlangana nezimbazo ezimbili ezitholwe ku-“Minoan Megaron” e-Nirou.

The AmaMinoan ayeyimpicabadala engaqondakali, ethuthukile futhi engenye yempucuko yeBronze Age yaseYurophu iqanjwe izembe eliphindwe kabili -“labrys”.

I-Minoan labrys esagolide ehlotshisiwe, kodwa usayizi ojwayelekile. Ikhredithi yesithombe: Wolfgang Sauber
I-Minoan labrys esagolide ehlotshisiwe, kodwa usayizi ojwayelekile. © Ikhredithi yesithombe: Wolfgang Sauber

I-Labrys yigama lembazo ephindwe kabili elinganayo evela eKrethe eGreece, enye yezimpawu ezindala kakhulu zempucuko yamaGreki. Ngaphambi kokuthi ama-labrys abe izinto ezingokomfanekiso, ayesebenza njengethuluzi nembazo yokugenca.

AbakwaMinoan babonakala benobuchwepheshe obumangalisayo; enye yazo kwakuwukwakhiwa kwezimpawu ezincane ezimangalisayo, ezaqoshwa ngobuciko ematsheni athambile, uphondo lwendlovu, noma amathambo. Le mpucuko yasendulo ethakazelisayo yakhiqiza ama-lens ayinkimbinkimbi futhi laba bantu basendulo babengaphambili ngezindlela eziningi kakhulu kunesikhathi sabo.

Ngakho-ke, kuhle ukubuza ukuthi kungani abantu abahlakaniphe kangaka bengakhiqiza izimbazo ezinkulu ezazingenalusizo kubantu abavamile, abanobukhulu obuvamile?

Impucuko yamaMinoan yayithuthuke kakhulu.
Ubuciko bodonga: impucuko yamaMinoan yayithuthuke kakhulu. © Wikimedia Commons

Ezinye izazi ziye zasikisela ukuthi igama elithi labyrinth ekuqaleni lalisho “indlu yembazo ephindwe kabili”. Ochwepheshe bezimpawu bacabanga ukuthi unkulunkulukazi wembazo ephindwe kabili wengamele izigodlo zaseMinoan, futhi ikakhulukazi phezu kwesigodlo saseKnossos.

Izimbazo ezimbili zisukela eSigodlweni Sesibili kanye nezikhathi zangemva kweSigodlo (1700 - 1300 BC).

Ukuthi lezi zimbazo zasendulo zinkulu kakhulu, akufakazeli ukuthi zaziphethwe imidondoshiya. Kuyinto engenzeka, kodwa futhi kungaba njengoba imnyuziyamu neminye imithombo isho, bekuyizinto zokuvotela noma ezikhulekelwayo.