WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations came to depend on trade. With limited resources within their land on the islands and mainland of Greece, the civilizations were forced to trade for objects such as food, pottery, and valuable metals.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Minoans and the Mycenaeans were two of the early civilizations that developed in Greece. The Minoans lived on the Greek islands and built a huge palace on the island of Crete. The Mycenaeans lived mostly on mainland Greece and were the first people to speak the Greek language.

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. The Minoans and Mycenaeans occupy an important place in Greek, and European, history.