The Minoan culture developed on Crete, an island south of mainland Greece. It spread across the Aegean islands and influenced mainland Greece around ..... BCE.

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The Minoan culture developed on Crete, an island south of mainland Greece. It spread across the Aegean islands and influenced mainland Greece around ____ BCE.

A	500
B	450
C	1000
D	2000

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Minoan period saw extensive trade by Crete with Aegean and Mediterranean settlements, particularly those in the Near East. Through traders and artists, Minoan cultural influence reached beyond Crete to the Cyclades, the Old Kingdom of Egypt, copper-bearing Cyprus, Canaan and the Levantine coast and Anatolia.

Detailed explanation-2: -“These results suggest the Minoan civilization arose 5, 000 years ago in Crete from an ancestral Neolithic population that had arrived in the region about 4, 000 years earlier, ‘’ he said.

Detailed explanation-3: -By about 1580 bce Minoan civilization began to spread across the Aegean to neighbouring islands and to the mainland of Greece. Minoan cultural influence was reflected in the Mycenean culture of the mainland, which began to spread throughout the Aegean about 1500 bce.

Detailed explanation-4: -By trading with the early Greeks, the Minoans spread their ideas and art to the Greek mainland. Crete is located in the Mediterranean Sea, with the Aegean Sea on its northern shore.

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