The Minoans – Europe’s First Great Civilization
Region Crete Period Aegean Bronze Age Date 3500 BCE – 1100 BCE Sites Knossos (Capital), Akrotiri, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros Language Linear A The Minoans: what they called themselves, we do not know. Their words, carved into clay tablets and libation vessels, have never been deciphered. Their cities have been ravaged by the relentless march of …