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Minoan civilization   /mənˈoʊən sˌɪvəlɪzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Minoan civilization

noun
1.
The bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC.  Synonyms: Minoan civilisation, Minoan culture.






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"Minoan civilization" Quotes from Famous Books



... law, saying that it was from Zeus himself. And the last legend, related by Lucian, places in the same cave that union of Zeus with Europa from which Minos sprang. The Dictaean Cave, then, is of special interest in connection with the origins of the Minoan civilization, or, rather, with the fancies which later minds wove around some of the sacred conceptions of the Minoan civilization. It is a large double cavern, south-west of Psychro, and some 500 feet above the latter place. Its exploration by Mr. Hogarth revealed ample evidence of its early connection ...
— The Sea-Kings of Crete • James Baikie



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