Your doctor can break up or remove stones with a few different procedures. Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL): This works best for small or medium stones. Your doctor uses high-energy sound waves aimed from the outside of your body to break up the kidney stone into little pieces. These pieces will pass in your urine.
The Mycenaeans seem to have been a warlike people who measured their wealth by the number of weapons they owned. The Mycenaeans learned many Minoan customs and adapted Minoan ways to fit their own culture. The process by which a culture takes ideas from other cultures is known as cultural borrowing. The Mycenaeans borrowed Minoan religious beliefs. They changed Minoan art styles and pottery designs to make them more warlike. They also changed Minoan writing to match the Mycenaean language.
The Minoans-The First European Civilization. The Minoan civilization existed on Crete. It was the first European civilization. About 2,500 BC a sophisticated society grew up on the island of Crete. By about 1,950 BC the inhabitants had invented a form of writing using hieroglyphs.This writing is called linear A. The Minoans were a bronze age civilization.(They made tools and weapons from bronze). Their civilization was at its height from about 1700 BC to 1500 BC. However Minoan culture declined after 1450 BC. We are not sure why but they may have been conquered by Mycenaens from mainland Greece.he Minoans were a bronze age civilization. (They made tools and weapons from bronze). Their civilization was at its height from about 1700 BC to 1500 BC. However Minoan culture declined after 1450 BC. We are not sure why but they may have been conquered by Mycenaens from mainland Greece.