Yes, they were peaceful most of the time because they were isolated on the island Crete and the fact that the land they lived on was so small it kept conquerors from invading their land.

The Minoans were roughly contemporary with the Helladic culture. They lived on the Greek mainland and later developed into the Mycenaean civlisation, who would go on to conquer Minoan Crete and integrate some of Minoan culture into their own. There was also the Cycladic culture which lived on the Cyclades in the Aegean, and again is roughly contemporary with the Minoan civilisation.

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No,we cant translate their language because there is no modern equivalent. The only thing we really have our murals depicting their day to day life.

The Ionians and the Dorians.

During the Protopalatial Period (1900-1700 BC), of Minoan society, the introduction of the potter's wheel allowed for the production of artistic vessels with thin walls and subtle, symmetrical shapes. The Kamares ware is the most characteristic style of this period. The pottery style developed in Kamares was characterized by very thin walls, robust swirling curves, elegant spouts and elaborate decoration. Its beauty made this form of art very popular in Crete as well as in Egypt and Syria, where it was exported.

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After the Dorians attacked, the Mycenaean people fled to the hills. Faced with learning to survive, they discontinued the use of writing skills.

Well the goddess Pasiphaê, Queen of Crete and daughter of Helios and Perseis had sex with the Cretan Bull/Bull of Marathon and bore him a son named Minotaur. This was quite embarrassing to her husband Minos, King of Crete; her sons by Minos were Katreus, Deukalion, Glaukos, and Androgeus: and her daughters Akalle, Xenodike, Ariadne, Phaidra.

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The Minoans developed a modern plumbing system

the Minoans lived on islands of the Aegean sea

The name "Minoan" refers to the most famous King of the the primary source of Minoan culture, Crete. Minos was the King of Knossos, the largest city on Crete. The modern city of Heraklion is built on its ruins.

The Greeks also absorbed the civilization of the Minoans

Theseus had to go through a giant maze called a labyrinth. Fortunately, he had a ball of twine so that he knew how to get out of the labyrinth, since it was said that the labyrinth was impossible to get out of. So after he kiilled the minotaur, he escaped the labyrinth with the ball of twine.

the minoans come from the ancient city of crete where king minos was the king and they ate fried food

It came from the entertainment of bull-jumping, where entertainers did a less-pernicious variant of today's bull-fighting by undertaking gymnastics over a bull's back in an arena. This artwork is visible in Minoan buildings which have survived.

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The Labyrinth, built by Daedalus. The Minotaur was kept in this maze until Theseus killed it.

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Knossos was a Minoan palace complex housing around 5,000 people. The complex sservesas residents, relgious center, and warehouses. Ther were rooms dedicated to hold jars of iol, wine, and grains that were paid taes to the king. Knossos was an elaorate building that included workshops for makinng jewlery, vases and ivory figurines. It was very rich and culture and art. This showed the Minoans lived a comfortable lifestyle. They traded pottery and jewlery of gold and silver.