WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. The Minoans, a vibrant and prosperous civilization, flourished in Crete in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. They are considered by many as the first European civilization, being a substantial artistic, trading and religious force in the prehistoric Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings date to c. 3500 BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000 BC, and then declining from c.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cretan exports consisted of timber, foodstuffs, cloth, and, most likely, olive oil, as well as finely crafted luxury goods. In exchange, the Minoans imported tin, copper, gold, silver, emery, fine stones, ivory, and some manufactured objects.