*Minoan Civilization (jan 1, 3000 BC – jan 1, 1600 BC)
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Minoan civilization. When we use the word Minoan we mean the civilization whose home is Crete. It spread out beyond Crete because the Minoans established what we might want to call an empire in various parts of the Mediterranean, and it starts with Crete. It is a Bronze Age culture, and it is the first civilization we know in the area. Yale Lecture pg. 8The Minoans are not Greeks. Strictly speaking, what do we mean when we say somebody is Greek? We mean that his native language, not one that he's acquired subsequently, but the one that he learned as a child, was Greek, some version of the Greek language. Pg. 9
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jan 1, 3000 BC
jan 1, 1600 BC
~ 1400 years