Civilization · Middle and Late Bronze Age · Minoan civilization

Minoan civilization

c. 3000–1100 BCE

The Minoans built Europe's first advanced civilization on the island of Crete. Their palace at Knossos was a maze of courtyards and frescoes. The civilization faded about 1100 BCE, leaving the legend of the Minotaur.

Facts

Founded: c. 3000 BCE, the first palaces on Crete.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Minoan civilization
Ended: c. 1100 BCE, the palaces abandoned.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Minoan civilization
Heartland: The island of Crete, center at Knossos.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Minoan civilization
Major rulers: Minos, the legendary king who gave the civilization its name.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Minoan civilization

Images

The palace of Knossos on Crete, center of the Minoan world. (Wikimedia Commons)

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