WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Knossos, also spelled Cnossus, city in ancient Crete, capital of the legendary king Minos, and the principal centre of the Minoan, the earliest of the Aegean civilizations (see Minoan civilization).

Detailed explanation-2: -At the center of the Minoan civilization was the city of Knossos. Knossos had a huge palace and a population of over 10, 000 people at its peak.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -It is likely, says Stamatoyannopoulos, that the Minoans descended from Neolithic populations that migrated to Europe from the Middle East and Turkey. Archaeological excavations suggest that early farmers were living in Crete by around 9, 000 years ago, so these could be the ancestors of the Minoans.