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Period: 2000 BCE to 1400 BCE
The Minoans dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean
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1700 BCE
A great disaster, perhaps an earthquake, destroyed most Minoan towns and cities. The Minoans rebuilt the cities with equal richness.
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1470 BCE
a series of earthquakes rocked Crete. The quakes were followed by a violent volcanic eruption on the neighboring island of Thera.
The disaster of 1470 B.C. was a blow from which the Minoans never fully recovered. This time, the Minoans had trouble rebuilding their cities. -
1200 BCE
The Minoan civilization finally ended about 1200 B.C.
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1100 BCE
Phoenicians begin to dominate Mediterranean trade.(Carthaginian glass bead)
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842 BCE
Phoenician trade was upset when their eastern cities were captured by Assyrians in 842 B.C.
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814 BCE
Carthage founded as a Phoenician trade center