WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Reaching its peak about 1600 bce and the later 15th century, Minoan civilization was remarkable for its great cities and palaces, its extended trade throughout the Levant and beyond, and its use of writing.

Detailed explanation-2: -DNA analysis unearths origins of Minoans, the first major European civilization. DNA analysis is unearthing the origins of the Minoans, who some 5, 000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization in present-day Crete.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Mycenaeans Conquer the Minoans The Minoan civilization began to weaken around 1450 BC. Archeologists think this might have been due to a natural disaster such as an earthquake. The Mycenaeans took over the islands of the Minoans and adopted much of the Minoan culture.