What was the Minoan?

Answer 1

It was a sophisticated Bronze Age culture on the island of Crete, from about 3000 BC to 1450 BC. It was not Greek until later, when large elements of the culture passed into Classical Greece. It seems to have been a monarchy. City-state democracy may have begun among the Phonecians and was later taken up by the Greeks.

Minoan Civilization began on the island of Crete in about 3000 BC. It lasted for 1500 years. Minoans traded with ancient Egyptians and Babylonians and learned writing from them. They also learned different skills such as making pottery and jewelry and building palaces. Around 1500 BC, the island of Crete was hit by an earthquake and a major volcanic eruption on the island of Thera. The Minoan Civilization ended when the Mycenaeans (in southern Greece) conquered it in 1450 BC.

The Mycenaeans were warlike people and had a strong army,they knew how to use metal and make pottery.They had their civilization through learning Minoans. Around 1100 BC, the Mycenaean civilization itself ended when the Dorians (from the northern Balkan peninsula) conquered it.