WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The British archeologist Sir Arthur Evans in the early 1900’s named the Minoans after a legendary Greek king, Minos.

Detailed explanation-3: -The majority of Minoan sites are found in central and eastern Crete, with few in the western part of the island, especially to the south. There appear to have been four major palaces on the island: Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, and Kato Zakros.