Minoan Civilization

Europe’s first palace civilization — bull-leapers of Knossos whose script still defies reading.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Knossos and its sister palaces ran a Bronze Age trade network across the Aegean.
• Their Linear A script remains undeciphered, unlike the Mycenaean Linear B built on it.
• The catastrophic Thera eruption battered Minoan Crete and may echo in the Atlantis legend.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: ~3000 – 1450 BC
• REGION: Crete, Aegean