Minoan Civilization Timeline

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3000 BCE
Stone tombs on Crete.
2000 BCE - 1400 BCE
Phaistos' greatest cultural height.
2000 BCE - 1700 BCE
First Minoan palace at Phaistos.
c. 2000 BCE
Pottery wheel introduced to Minoan civilization on Crete.
c. 2000 BCE - c. 1650 BCE
Cretan Hieroglyphic script is in use.
2000 BCE - 1450 BCE
Minoan civilization in Crete and the Aegean.
1900 BCE - 1500 BCE
Sphinxes are represented in Minoan art in pottery, plaques and fabrics.
c. 1900 BCE - c. 1675 BCE
First Minoan palace at Malia.
1900 BCE
First Minoan palace at Knossos.
c. 1850 BCE - c. 1450 BCE
The Linear A script of the Minoan civilization is in use.
1700 BCE
Second Palace of Knossos on Crete.
1700 BCE - 1400 BCE
The culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by Minoan Crete.
1675 BCE - 1450 BCE
Second Minoan palace at Malia.
1650 BCE - 1550 BCE
Knossos survives Thera eruption.
c. 1600 BCE
Phaistos disk manufactured.
c. 1600 BCE
Rhodes has significant contact with Minoan Crete.
1500 BCE - 1450 BCE
The 'Harvester Vase' of Minoan origin depicts a sistrum player.
c. 1450 BCE
Earthquake and fire ends the Minoan period at Malia.
c. 1450 BCE
Destruction of Minoan palace at Zakros.