SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Israelite civilization
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Egyptian civilization
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Minoan civilization
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Phoenicians civilization
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Detailed explanation-1: -The name “Minoan” derives from the mythical King Minos and was coined by Evans, who identified the site at Knossos with the labyrinth of the Minotaur. The Minoan civilization has been described as the earliest of its kind in Europe, and historian Will Durant called the Minoans “the first link in the European chain".
Detailed explanation-2: -The Minoans were not only farmers of olives, but fine craftsmen, making pieces of jewelry, pottery, seals and figurines. Their bronze work places this civilization in the Bronze Age. At the height of their civilization, between 2, 000-1400 BC, the Minoans developed a palace-centered civilization.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Minoans flourished on Crete for as many as 12 centuries until about 1, 500 bc, when it is thought to have been devastated by a catastrophic eruption of the Mediterranean island volcano Santorini, and a subsequent tsunami.
Detailed explanation-4: -Around 3000 B.C., the Minoan civilization emerges on the island of Crete and becomes a great maritime trading power.