WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest civilization to appear around Greece was the Minoan civilization in Crete, which lasted approximately from 2700 ( Early Minoan) BC to 1450 BC, and on the Early Helladic period on the Greek mainland from ca. 2800 BC to 2100 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary ancestors of both the Minoans and Mycenaeans were populations from Neolithic Western Anatolia and Greece and the two groups were very closely related to each other, and to modern Greeks.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Minoans lived between 2600 B.C.E. until 1400 B.C.E. The Mycenaeans lived between 1600 B.C.E. until 1100 B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mycenaeans developed on mainland Greece and ruled the region from around 1600 BC to 1100 BC. They are sometimes called the first Greeks because they were the first to speak the Greek language. Their largest city was called Mycenae, which gives the culture its name.