Minoan civilisation

c. 3100 – c. 1100 BCE · about 2000 years approximate dates

The Minoan civilisation was a Bronze Age culture on Crete, often regarded as the first civilisation in Europe, with complex palace towns such as Knossos from around 2000 BC. It traded widely across the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. After about 1450 BC it came under Mycenaean Greek domination, forming a mixed culture that lasted until around 1100 BC.