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Minoan art is often described as having a fantastical or ecstatic quality, with figures rendered in a manner suggesting motion. Little is known about the structure of Minoan society. Minoan art contains no unambiguous depiction of a monarch, and textual evidence suggests they may have had some other form of governance.
Excavations of Minoan Kydonia. Kydonia (/ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / or / k aɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə /), also known as Cydonia (Ancient Greek: Κυδωνία, Kydōnía) was an ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania on the island of Crete in Greece. The city is known from archaeological remains dating back to the Minoan era as well as ...
There may be a connection with the mythic king of Crete, Minos, during the Bronze Age Minoan civilization which flourished in Crete and in the Aegean islands in Greece between 2000–1470 BC. The inhabitants of Crete were named Minoans by Arthur Evans, after the legendary king. [citation needed]
Minoan civilization was affected by a number of natural cataclysms, such as the volcanic eruption at Thera (c. 1628-1627 BC) and earthquakes (c. 1600 BC). [21] In 1425 BC, all the Minoan palaces except Knossos were devastated by fire, which allowed the Mycenaean Greeks, influenced by the Minoans' culture, to expand into Crete. [21]
The F ST between the sampled Bronze Age populations and present-day West Eurasians was estimated, finding that Mycenaean Greeks and Minoans were least differentiated from the populations of modern Greece, Cyprus, Albania, and Italy. [230] [231] [232] [233]
Late Minoan II (c. 1470-1420 BC) is sparsely represented in the archaeological record, but appears to have been a period of decline. It marks the beginning of the Monopalatial period, as the palace at Knossos was the sole one remaining in use. [6] [24] Late Minoan III (c. 1420-1075 BC) shows profound social and political changes. Among the ...
At some time in Late Minoan IIIC, 1380–1100 BC: Periods: Neolithic to Late Bronze Age. The first palace was built in the Middle Minoan IA period. Cultures: Minoan, Mycenaean: Associated with: In the Middle Minoan, people of unknown ethnicity termed Minoans; in the Late Minoan, by Mycenaean Greeks: Site notes; Excavation dates: 1900–1931 ...
By Dexithea, one of the Telchines, he had a son called Euxanthius. [13] By Androgeneia of Phaistos, he had Asterion, who commanded the Cretan contingent in the war between Dionysus and the Indians. [14] Also given as his children are Euryale, possibly the mother of Orion with Poseidon, [15] and Pholegander, eponym of the island Pholegandros. [16]