Minoan art featured distinctive depictions of female ... Its vibrant culture made a major impact on the rising new regional power: the Mycenaean Greeks, who lauded King Minos and Crete in their ...

A great deal of Minoan culture was incorporated into Mycenaean culture after the Mycenaeans took over the islands from the Minoans. By modifying the Minoan writing to their own language, they became ...

The Mycenaean civilization was the first advanced culture of mainland Greece, shaping the foundations of Greek identity, myth ...

A fertile soil and abundant supplies helped to make the Minoans a prosperous civilization. These cities spread across the Aegean and beyond, using crete as an export outlet for timber, food, wine, ...

Advanced art (frescoes, pottery ... ancient Greek history can be said to begin with the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Part myth, part archaeological fact, these Bronze Age societies remain mysterious.

After the Minoans came the Mycenaean civilisation ... nobody knows much about what happened - all written language and art disappeared. The Parthenon temple was built for the Greek goddess ...