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c. 4500 BCEFirst settlement on Thera.
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3000 BCE - 2000 BCEFirst rock-cut burial chambers at Akrotiri.
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c. 2000 BCEAkrotiri becomes an important Aegean trading centre.
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2000 BCE - 1650 BCEAkrotiri on Thera reaches its peak of prosperity and becomes a flourishing Mediterranean trading centre.
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1650 BCE - 1550 BCEKnossos survives Thera eruption.
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1650 BCE - 1550 BCEEruption of Thera and consequent tidal waves, destruction of Akrotiri and other Aegean centres.
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630 BCEGreek colonists from the island of Thera found the city of Cyrene in North Africa.
