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The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, ... Late Minoan I ...
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 the beginning of the Postpalatial Bronze Age, the so-called Late Bronze Age collapse of civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean world in c. 1200–1150 BC took place, as the great palaces and cities of the Mycenaeans were destroyed or abandoned.
The Late Helladic period (or LH) is the time when Mycenaean Greece flourished, under new influences from Minoan Crete and the Cyclades. Those who made LH pottery sometimes inscribed their work with a syllabic script, Linear B , which has been deciphered as Greek .
Palace abandoned Late Minoan IIIC, 1380–1100 BC: Periods: ... The site was a major centre of the Minoan civilization and is known for its association with the Greek ...
Minoan art is the art produced by the Bronze Age Aegean Minoan civilization from about 3000 to 1100 BC, though the most extensive and finest survivals come from approximately 2300 to 1400 BC. It forms part of the wider grouping of Aegean art , and in later periods came for a time to have a dominant influence over Cycladic art .
The Minoans were an advanced civilization which flourished around 4000 years ago on the island of Crete and preceded the civilization we know as ‘ancient Greece’.
Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland. [1] Crete is associated with the Minoan civilization from the Early Bronze Age.