Minoan civilization peak

Category
Greek
Begin
-2000
End
-1200
Region
Europe
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings were from c. 3500 BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000 BC, and then declining from c. 1450 BC until it ended around 1100 BC, during the early Greek Dark Ages. It represents the first advanced civilization in Europe, leaving behind a number of massive building complexes, sophisticated art, and writing systems. Its economy benefited from a network of trade around much of the Mediterranean." [Wikipedia] "Partway through this period, in about 1700 BC, the island was hit by a devastating earthquake that required the rebuilding of the palaces at Knossos and elsewhere on the island. However, the Minoans recovered quickly and flourished as an independent civilization until Mycenaeans from the Greek mainland invaded the island later in the second millennium, after which time the island continued under Mycenaean rule until everything collapsed ca. 1200 BC." [1177 BC, Kindle, Location 546]

This period is linked to the following events

Event Name
Category
Date
Minoan cities buried in ash from volcano on island of Thera (Santorini)
Disaster
-1620
Minoan civilization of Crete destroyed by Mycenaeans
War
-1400
"Sea People" invade eastern Mediterranean including Egypt--Bronze Age collapse
War
-1177