

Reaching its peak about 1600 bce and the later 15th century, Minoan civilization was remarkable for its great cities and palaces, its extended trade throughout the Levant and beyond, and its use of writing.

Were the earliest civilizations of Greece called Aegean? Do any of the ancient Wonders of the World survive? Test how far the roots of your knowledge go in this quiz of ancient civilizations.Ĭrete became the foremost site of Bronze Age culture in the Aegean Sea, and in fact it was the first centre of high civilization in that area, beginning at the end of the 3rd millennium bce.

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