Definition of Minoan civilization

1. Noun. The bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC.


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Literary usage of Minoan civilization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Explorations in the Island of Mochlos by Richard B. Seager (1912)
"The Minoan civilization was finally destroyed about 1200 BC by rude tribes who entered Greece from the north and, sweeping down into the Peloponnesus, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"A remarkable feature of this Minoan civilization can not be passed over. I remember that at the Liverpool meeting of this association in 1896—just before ..."

3. Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call by Larry H. Ludmer (2007)
"It is a wonderful place to explore, with beautiful frescoes depicting various aspects of Minoan civilization. Open daily, 8 am to 7 pm; $$. ..."

4. Vignaud Pamphlets. Crete (1905)
"Simultaneously with its eastern expansion, which affected the coast of Phoenicia and Palestine as well as Cyprus, Minoan civilization now took firm hold of ..."

5. The Making of Humanity by Robert Briffault (1919)
"Minoan civilization could not transmit what it did not possess. • The most important dowry of Minoan civilization to Greece was its ships. ..."

6. Hellenic Civilization by George Willis Botsford (1915)
"One of the most important questions bearing upon the relation of the Minoan civilization to that of historical Hellas is whether any of this literature ..."

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