Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan palaces at Knossos and Phaistos are popular tourist attractions. The Minoan civilization developed from the local Neolithic culture around 3100 BC, with complex urban settlements beginning around 2000 BC.

米諾斯文明 （英語：Minoan civilization；德語：Minoische Kultur），或譯 邁诺斯文明 、 克里特文明 、 邁諾安文明 、 邁諾亞文明 等，是 克里特 島和其他 愛琴海群島 上的 青銅器 時代 愛琴海文明。 其最早的起源可以追溯到公元前3500年，複雜的城市文明始於公元前2000年左右，然後自 公元前1450年開始衰落， 公元前1100年左右結束，在早期的 希臘黑暗時代，是當時地中海周圍地區 青銅時期晩期崩潰 的一部分。 它代表了歐洲最早之進一步發展的文明，留下了眾多龐大的建 …

2025年2月24日 · Minoan civilization, Bronze Age civilization of Crete that flourished from about 3000 BCE to about 1100 BCE. Its name derives from Minos, either a dynastic title or the name of a particular ruler of Crete who has a place in Greek legend. By about 1580 BCE Minoan civilization began to spread across the Aegean.

2025年2月24日 · Minoan, Any member of a non-Indo-European people who flourished (c. 3000– c. 1100 bc) on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age. The sea was the basis of their economy and power. Their sophisticated culture, based at Knossos, was named for the legendary King Minos. It represented the first high civilization in the Aegean area.

2018年3月29日 · With their unique art and architecture, and the spread of their ideas through contact with other cultures across the Aegean, the Minoans made a significant contribution to the development of Western European civilization.

2002年10月1日 · Sir Arthur Evans, the British archaeologist, characterized the Bronze Age culture of Crete as Minoan, after the legendary King Minos. From the material he excavated at Knossos, Evans devised a chronological scheme consisting of nine periods for Minoan civilization on Crete.

The Minoans were one of the earliest cultures to paint natural landscapes without any humans present in the scene; such was their admiration of nature. Animals, too, were often depicted in their natural habitat, for example, monkeys, birds, dolphins, and fish.

The Minoans (Greek: Μυκηναίοι; Μινωίτες) were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2700 to 1450 B.C.E. when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture, which drew upon the Minoans.

2018年6月27日 · Minoan of, relating to, or denoting a Bronze Age civilization centred on Crete (c. 3000–1050 bc), its people, or its language. This civilization had reached its zenith by the beginning of the late Bronze Age; impressive remains reveal the existence of large urban centres dominated by palaces.

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island of Crete spread throughout the Mediterranean before it mysteriously collapsed. Learn how your family history is...