Minoan Bronze Age Chronology

• 2500 BC   Early Minoan Period
  • Expansion of agricultural settlements in Southern Greece and islands
    
    
• 1900 BC   Middle Minoan Period
  • First Minoan palaces on Crete
    
    
• 1700 BC   Earthquakes damage Knossos and other palaces
  
  
• 1650 – 1600 BC   Thera volcano erupts, massive damage to Crete
  
  
• 1600 BC   Late Minoan Period
  • Knossos supercedes other palaces and towns in size and scope
    
    
• 1450 BC   Earthquake damages palace at Knossos
  • Mycenaean takeover of Knossos
    
    
• 1325 BC   Fire destroys Knossos