Timeline of Ancient Greece: 1500 BC - 200 BC
On the island of Crete, the first European civilization in world history - the Minoan - has been flourishing since around 2000 BC. This is centred on sophisticated palace-complexes distributed across the island. Of these, Knossos is the largest and most elaborate. Minoan Crete is a well-developed state with trading contacts throughout the eastern Mediterranean.
On the mainland of Greece and throughout the Aegean sea, another civilization, the Mycenaen, also flourishes. This consists of many small kingdoms, at Mycenae, Troy and other places famous in the epics of later Greeks, and ruled by warrior lords in their thick-walled palaces.
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