[DOC] [TLE] Minoan Civilization - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 2, 2009 ... The four principAl Minoan palace sites were at Knossos, Phaistos, Malia ... 
palaces and the power structure within them or over the island as a whole is ... 
The rise of the Mycenaean civilization in the mid-2nd millennium BC on... [DOC] [TLE] Knossos - Wikipedia [PAR] Knossos or Cnossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and 
is considered ... The structure and ruins we see today are from the second Palace 
. ... The palace of Knossos was undoubtedly the ceremonial and political centre 
..... Arthur Evans developed his concept of Minoan civilization primarily from the... [DOC] [TLE] Minoan civilization - Wikipedia [PAR] The Minoan civilization was an Aegean Bronze Age civilization that arose on the 
island of Crete and other Aegean islands and flourished from approximately 
3650 to 1400 BC. .... In the late 3rd millennium BC, several localities on the island 
developed into centers ... Knossos remained an administrative center until 1200 
BC. [DOC] [TLE] The History of Greece - Hellenic Foundation [PAR] ... and creativity, Crete produced a distinctive and highly advanced civilization. ... 
The second millennium B.C gave birth to some great civilizations: the Minoan ... 
The Cycladic civilization developed rapidly in all domains: trade, politics and .... 
captured Knossos, the chief center of the Minoan civilization on the island of 
Crete. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 2: Rivers, Cities and First States, 40002000 BCE | Worlds ... [PAR] By the late fourth millennium BCE, the city of Uruk in the southernmost part of the 
Mesopotamian ... and had grown into an immense commercial and administrative 
center. ... In some areas, trade developed between coastal and inland peoples. 
.... The Priesthood The priests held a highly privileged status in Egyptian society. [DOC] [TLE] Knossos [PAR] Knossos or Cnossus, ancient city of Crete, on the north side of the island, some 5 
km ... In the 2nd millennium BC Knossos was a center of the highly developed... [DOC] [TLE] Aegean Civilization [PAR] Since the 1930s Greek excavations of a Cycladic settlement on the island of Th 
ra, ... and early writing are evidence of a flourishing culture of the 2nd millennium 
BC, ... The destruction of the Cretan palaces about 1450 BC (that of Knossos took 
... A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. [DOC] [TLE] History of Minoan Crete - Ancient Greece [PAR] The island of Crete is located in the center of the eastern Mediterranean at the ... 
The Minoans had developed significant naval power and for many centuries lived 
in ... the island's habitation since the 7th millennium BC After the 5th millennium 
BC ... of the civilization Evans, the famed archaeologist who excavated Knossos,
... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Greece [PAR] Meanwhile, the island of Crete (Kriti) was first inhabited around 6300 B.C. by ... 
They settled at Knossos, which remained the only settlement on the island for ... 
The second millennium B.C. saw the evolution of two powerful Greek civilizations
, the ... The civilization that developed in Crete is called Minoan after the mythical
... [DOC] [TLE] Aegean civilizations | Britannica.com [PAR] The Stone and Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished in the area ... 
with stately palaces, fine craftsmanship, and writing, developed on the island of 
Crete. ... to uncover the palace at Knossos, the largest Bronze Age centre of the 
island, ... practiced in some parts of the Aegean area as early as the 7th 
millennium. [DOC] [TLE] World History Timeline History of Ancient Greece - TimeMaps [PAR] The History of the ancient Greeks from the rise of the Minoan civilization to the ... 
from rise of the Minoan civilization in the second millennium BC to the fall of ... At 
Knossos and other locations in Crete, large palaces appeared around .... over the 
mainland of Greece, the islands of the Aegean and the west coast of Asia Minor. [DOC] [TLE] The Aegean: fall of the Black Civilizations [PAR] At about 1,375 B.C, the palace at Knossos was destroyed by fire, Thereafter 
Crete ... invasion times, developed populations that were to some extent "mixed-
race". ... Santorini, also known as Thera (or

Question: Knossos on this island was the center of a highly developed civilization in the 2nd millennium B.C.
Answer: Crete