…Crete has been called Minoan, after the legendary King Minos of Knossos, which was the chief city… ... Crete became the foremost site of Bronze Age culture in the Aegean Sea, and in fact it was the first centre of high civilization in that area, beginning at the end of the 3rd millennium bc.
of Crete has been called Minoan, after the legendary King Minos of Knossos, which was the chief city… ... Crete became the foremost site of Bronze Age culture in the Aegean Sea, and in fact it was the first centre of high civilization in that area, beginning at the end of the 3rd millennium bc.
