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