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The Minoans were not Greeks, but their civilization was the first to arise in the region that later became Greece.

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What was the relationship between the Minoans and the Greeks?

The Minoans, based on the Greek island of Crete, were the first Greeks.


What can you cunclude from the fact that the Greeks adopted the culture of the Minoans whom they conqured?

The Greeks also absorbed the civilization of the Minoans


What can you conclude from the fact the Greeks adopted the culture of the Minoans whom they conquered?

The Greeks also absorbed the civilization of the Minoans


Where did early Greek civilization first rise up?

the early Greeks were founded by the Minoans in Greece.


Who was the Minoans enemy?

It is not known who the Minoans were defeated by or if they were defeated at all. No one really knows how the Minoan civilization ended. Some scientists do believe that the Greeks had defeated the Minoans though.-x-1. The Minoans were the greeks.(?)2. The Mycenaeans defeated them.


Why do historians consider the mycenaean civilizatoin to be the first Greeks?

They don't, the Minoans are the earliest Greek civilization of which we know.


When did the Greeks inhabit earth?

it started with the first civilization, which was the Minoans and the Mycenaean kings. approximately 2000-1400 B.C.


When an where did the earliest Greeks the Minoans live?

In the 2nd Millennium BCE in Crete.


How did the ancient Minoans get to ancient Greece?

The Minoans actually lived in ancient Greece, on an island called Crete. They were wiped out due to a volcanic eruption on a nearby island, which resulted in a huge tsunami that killed most of the Minoans. They were not considered Greek because they did not speak Greek. The first "true" Greeks were the Myceneans.


What other civilizations came into contact with the Greeks?

Notably the Persians, Minoans and the Egyptians.


What is a contributions credited to the Minoans?

The Minoans are credited as Europe's first great civilization.


Where was this ancient territory on the world map in Ancient Greek?

Ancient Greeks migrated from south of Russia in the fourth millennia. The first Greek civilizations were Cycladic, Minoans, and Mycenaean.